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How do you measure the value lost by the jobs of stablehands, cobblers, milkmen, and movie projectionists?
by moduspol 6y ago
How do you measure the value lost by the jobs of stablehands, cobblers, milkmen, and movie projectionists?
- tartoran 6y agoI see what you’re trying to do there but that’s not what i was talking about. Some jobs become obsolete but we still need phisical stores. My neighborhood has very few stores open and that’s because of Amazon and friends. The value and the vitality of my neighborhood was largely destroyed
- moduspol 6y agoThose jobs are only seen as obsolete in hindsight, because we can all acknowledge that society would not be made better by bringing them back. This wasn't the case at the time when they were being forced out of business. Certainly not all physical stores are unnecessary, but it may not be the case that society is better served by brick and mortar stores than Amazon (and similar), despite lost jobs and (temporarily) abandoned commercial space. It may just be progress moving forward.