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There are persistent fears about technology increasing unemployment. I remember elementary school classmates in the early 1980s in rural southwest Missouri hav
by WalterGR 6y ago
There are persistent fears about technology increasing unemployment. I remember elementary school classmates in the early 1980s in rural southwest Missouri having a very dim view of computers because they were going to 'put people out of work'. This may be subsumed by the 1811 - 1816 "Looming Unemployment" entry, but I feel like it's given short shrift in this timeline...
- maerF0x0 6y agoI think it's clear that automation can eventually lead to a total lack of subsistence work. However I think there will long be volitional work that humans enjoy -- things like performing music, writing books, serving each other physically (like massages) and other things that are just fun/entertaining more than in the pursuit of resources.
- r00fus 6y agoFor that kind of prosperity economy we would need some kind of UBI or social guarantee of livelihood.