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andrew yang 2020. no brainer. Surprised why more candidates are not discussing the automation gorilla in the room. there are not enough low-skilled, difficult

andrew yang 2020. no brainer. Surprised why more candidates are not discussing the automation gorilla in the room. there are not enough low-skilled, difficult to automate jobs that can sustain the population.

justaman 7y ago
I like that he brings up a conversation we as a country need to be having but his ideas are hairbrained or idealist at best.
asdfman123 7y ago
Candidates are discussing immigration, tariffs and outsourcing because that's actually affecting jobs in the US and people who work on the factory lines know it. Automation is a scary specter off in the distance but it's not as actively harmful to people's livelihoods.
- jordache 7y ago
  ppl are stupid. reactionary strategy is way less effective than proactive.
- aiyodev 7y ago
  > Automation is a scary specter off in the distance but it's not as actively harmful to people's livelihoods. http://nber.org/papers/w23285 http://nber.org/papers/w23285 > According to our estimates, one more robot per thousand workers reduces the employment to population ratio by about 0.18-0.34 percentage points and wages by 0.25-0.5 percent. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/opinion/trump-robots-electoral-college.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/opinion/trump-robots-elec... > No single factor such as tech-driven worker anxiety determines local political behavior. But there’s no mistaking that districts that voted Republican in the 2018 election are subject to higher levels of automation exposure.
tzs 7y ago
Yang is attracting a weird mix...he's a Democrat running on fairly left of center positions [1] yet is also attracting support from white nationalists who have become disillusioned with Trump [2]. [1] https://www.yang2020.com/policies/ https://www.yang2020.com/policies/ [2] https://www.businessinsider.com/white-supremacists-are-disillusioned-by-trump-and-joining-the-yang-gang-2019-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/white-supremacists-are-disil...

justaman 7y ago

I like that he brings up a conversation we as a country need to be having but his ideas are hairbrained or idealist at best.

asdfman123 7y ago

Candidates are discussing immigration, tariffs and outsourcing because that's actually affecting jobs in the US and people who work on the factory lines know it. Automation is a scary specter off in the distance but it's not as actively harmful to people's livelihoods.

jordache 7y ago
ppl are stupid. reactionary strategy is way less effective than proactive.
aiyodev 7y ago
> Automation is a scary specter off in the distance but it's not as actively harmful to people's livelihoods. http://nber.org/papers/w23285 http://nber.org/papers/w23285 > According to our estimates, one more robot per thousand workers reduces the employment to population ratio by about 0.18-0.34 percentage points and wages by 0.25-0.5 percent. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/opinion/trump-robots-electoral-college.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/opinion/trump-robots-elec... > No single factor such as tech-driven worker anxiety determines local political behavior. But there’s no mistaking that districts that voted Republican in the 2018 election are subject to higher levels of automation exposure.

tzs 7y ago

Yang is attracting a weird mix...he's a Democrat running on fairly left of center positions [1] yet is also attracting support from white nationalists who have become disillusioned with Trump [2]. [1] https://www.yang2020.com/policies/ https://www.yang2020.com/policies/ [2] https://www.businessinsider.com/white-supremacists-are-disillusioned-by-trump-and-joining-the-yang-gang-2019-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/white-supremacists-are-disil...