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We shouldn't just accept a future of joblessness. It's a terrible waste of human capital. Rather than simply paying people to be unemployed, we should find work
by jrs95 8y ago
We shouldn't just accept a future of joblessness. It's a terrible waste of human capital. Rather than simply paying people to be unemployed, we should find work for them to do that benefits society in some way. To an extent we need to be investing more in our people, especially in the U.S., but there are also things we could do like large scale infrastructure
projects that could help fill the gap for people that don't have the knowledge/skill for many of the jobs that can't be automated.
- keymone 8y ago> we should find work for them to do that benefits society in some way introduce basic income and people will make themselves useful.
- jrs95 8y agoThere is little to no evidence to support this claim. Whereas what I'm talking about was done after the great depression and developed a lot of infrastructure, especially in rural America, that wouldn't have existed otherwise.
- keymone 8y agohow many of those who have enough money to never work again, never work again? you severely underestimate the psychological desire to be useful and live a fulfilling life. the evidence is there - it's ideological convictions that prevent you from seeing and accepting it.