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Could it be because these people do robotic jobs?
by AlexTWithBeard 6y ago
Could it be because these people do robotic jobs?
- lovegoblin 6y agoEven if so, they still deserve to be treated like people.
- Caylio 6y agoYes, treated like people that can be replaced by robots.
- tlibert 6y agoWe all can eventually be replaced and should be careful what precedents we establish now. “First they came for the warehouse workers...”
- AlexTWithBeard 6y agoIt didn't happen with industrial revolution, I doubt it will happen now. Robots will not replace plumbers, waiters, teachers, barbers - at least not in the nearest future.
- tlibert 6y agoClearly one of us has more faith in automation.
- WalterBright 6y agoMore accurately "first they came for the weavers."
- tlibert 6y agoWell, the weavers did fight back on their own behalf.
- AlexTWithBeard 6y agoI think they are. Modern American safety net is far from perfect, but it does a pretty good job making sure people don't die from hunger not freeze to death.
- lovegoblin 6y agoThat's an astonishingly low bar.
- AlexTWithBeard 6y agoLow bar is not always wrong.
- boublepop 6y agoJust because a human is doing a repetitive job it does not justify having them urinate in bottles and defecating in bags at their stations to reduce the crucial time they take away from their primary job function. Chefs do “robotic jobs” repeatedly creating the same end product. Would you be comfortable if the person who prepared your Michelin course dinner was forced to urinate in a bottle while they did it? Why are we ok with treating human beings like this, simply because we do not romanticize the task of sorting and moving boxes.