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The whole of the industrial and now computer revolution has been the degradation of human existence in the name of profit and progress. Elimination of employmen
by adamcstephens 6y ago
The whole of the industrial and now computer revolution has been the degradation of human existence in the name of profit and progress. Elimination of employment that is a requirement for sustenance and a non-miserable life is common.
Automation doesn’t create jobs, it shifts them, generally towards less well paid options. Sure there are a few engineers who make more money, but what about the non skilled laborers?
- lotsofpulp 6y ago> Sure there are a few engineers who make more money, but what about the non skilled laborers That’s a political problem. Obvious solution is to transfer wealth from those who have it to those that don’t. Make higher education free, pay people to learn, or to do research, universal basic income, etc.
- adamcstephens 6y agoAgreed these are policy problems, but as creators of technology we're responsible for the outcomes as well. Ignoring the problems in the name of progress, as others replying to my thread seem want to do, is unethical and immoral. I’m on board with your suggestion. Let’s implement it. Alongside the progress in automation, not as an afterthought.
- colechristensen 6y agoToday’s unskilled laborers live in ways that would make preindustrial kings envious.