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A nugget of cycling wisdom says when you get fitter, cycling doesn't become any easier, you just go faster. Similarly with automation, we are just ending up wi
by mertd 8y ago
A nugget of cycling wisdom says when you get fitter, cycling doesn't become any easier, you just go faster.
Similarly with automation, we are just ending up with more efficient means of production but not less work overall.
- claudiawerner 8y agoIn my opinion that's an unfortunate turn - automation doesn't liberate us, we just become more and more extensions of automated processes. Why were classical economists such as Marx and Kenyes so wrong on this point? I think they underestimated the power of capital's ideology.
- wallace_f 8y ago>but not less work overall I think we do have less work overall and need to accept the liberation. A lot of jobs have popped up through things like regulatory capture or monopolistic competition(1) which have debatable benefit to society. 1-https://www.athenahealth.com/insight/expert-forum-rise-and-rise-healthcare-administrator https://www.athenahealth.com/insight/expert-forum-rise-and-r...
- deogeo 8y ago> A lot of jobs have popped up through things like regulatory capture or monopolistic competition(1) which have debatable benefit to society. A more concise term is 'parasites'.