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Computer was once a job title. People used to get paid to shine shoes and press clothes everyday. Banks used to employee hundreds of people to staff their ope

Computer was once a job title. People used to get paid to shine shoes and press clothes everyday. Banks used to employee hundreds of people to staff their operations. The DMV is a sprawling human operated date entry firm fronting for a database and camera. Paralegals and research assistants are being replaced by the dozens. Entire factory campuses that employed towns are now operated by mere dozens. Fields that took dozens to manage can now be handled by a few people and traveling farm hands. Hedge funds are out performed by indexes. Many are cooking their books. Self driving cars will happen and displace millions of jobs over what, a decade? Two or three max? I'll bet my current retirement that it happens within the century. Jobs like shelf stocking, burger flipping, and the like could be automated today if the displaced employees wouldn't lead a violent revolution. That's the political reality. How the fuck do you keep 200 million working people happy without repressing them or inciting a revolution?

DebtDeflation 6y ago
>The DMV is a sprawling human operated date entry firm fronting for a database and camera This one really hit home. I went to the DMV a few months ago for the first time in over a decade to upgrade my drivers license to a Real ID (must be done in person, previous renewals were done by mail). The entire process was unchanged from when I first got my license almost 30 years ago. Stand in one line to check in. Sit down. Wait for your name to be called to stand in a second line to have them manually keypunch the paper form you have to fill out into their computer system. Sit down. Wait for your name to be called to stand in a third line to get your picture taken. Sit down. Wait for your name to be called to stand in a fourth line to pay (slight change here in that they now accept credit cards, up until a few years ago it was cash or checks only). Sit down. Wait for your name to be called to stand in a fifth line to pick up your new license. Leave after several hours. This whole transaction could have been accomplished with kiosks, 1/10th the number of employees, and 1/4 the amount of floor space in 5 minutes or less.
- Tarsul 6y ago
  sounds a little like an experience out of another time, like a live museum with actors.
  - Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y ago
    It's nothing more than a jobs program at this point.

DebtDeflation 6y ago

>The DMV is a sprawling human operated date entry firm fronting for a database and camera This one really hit home. I went to the DMV a few months ago for the first time in over a decade to upgrade my drivers license to a Real ID (must be done in person, previous renewals were done by mail). The entire process was unchanged from when I first got my license almost 30 years ago. Stand in one line to check in. Sit down. Wait for your name to be called to stand in a second line to have them manually keypunch the paper form you have to fill out into their computer system. Sit down. Wait for your name to be called to stand in a third line to get your picture taken. Sit down. Wait for your name to be called to stand in a fourth line to pay (slight change here in that they now accept credit cards, up until a few years ago it was cash or checks only). Sit down. Wait for your name to be called to stand in a fifth line to pick up your new license. Leave after several hours. This whole transaction could have been accomplished with kiosks, 1/10th the number of employees, and 1/4 the amount of floor space in 5 minutes or less.

Tarsul 6y ago
sounds a little like an experience out of another time, like a live museum with actors.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y ago
  It's nothing more than a jobs program at this point.