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Cool technology. But... Once being a taxi driver was a skilled job. You really needed to know your streets well. But than came GPS. An augmented reality for d
by petra 7y ago
Cool technology. But...
Once being a taxi driver was a skilled job. You really needed to know your streets well.
But than came GPS. An augmented reality for drivers.
And now everybody can be an UBER driver. Anywhere. No knowledge is needed.
So now taxi drivers are easily replaceable. And the pay is shit.
And soon, we'll have augmented reality for Every profession.
And we'll see a similar shift happening: Good professions that once combined hands-on skills with knowledge, won't need that anymore.
You won't need to think. You don't need to know much. Just follow instructions well, and fast.
So now you'll be easily replaceable. And the pay will be shit.
And this will be everywhere.
- mushufasa 7y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7ICZHPPTtY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7ICZHPPTtY
- cheschire 7y agoIn this dystopian future, corporate employees will all be lawyers because the only people necessary at that point are for acquisitions contracts.
- tlrobinson 7y agoThis argument has been made since at least the industrial revolution. Replace "taxi driver" with any job that has previously been partially or fully automated away.
- jawilson2 7y agoThis argument was made by the ancient Greeks when they started writing their epics down and didn't need to memorize them any more. [1]https://books.google.com/books?id=XzYX0T-ZqTcC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=greek+epics+ancient+written+memorization+plato+phaedrus&source=bl&ots=wOZIz0c2Fn&sig=ACfU3U3yu_dIX1R_YzFhle3h-cYTT2arqw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjbi8nI9ariAhVS0KwKHYgqALoQ6AEwEXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=greek%20epics%20ancient%20written%20memorization%20plato%20phaedrus&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=XzYX0T-ZqTcC&pg=PA34&lpg=P... [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaedrus_(dialogue)#Rhetoric,_philosophy,_and_art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaedrus_(dialogue)#Rhetoric,_...
- briandear 7y agoSo who creates the content that goes on the screen? Who sells the devices? Who repairs them? Cars replaced horses, but created entirely new industries. How many tire companies were there before cars? I bet there are more people selling tires today than ever sold horseshoes.