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STEM could solve this problem if you could automate all the low value stuff and use the humans for higher economic value tasks, but it is uncertain whether you
by MattGaiser 5y ago
STEM could solve this problem if you could automate all the low value stuff and use the humans for higher economic value tasks, but it is uncertain whether you can educationally get all people up to that level.
- alephnan 5y ago> it is uncertain whether you can educationally get all people up to that level. Japan has one of the most educated populace. > use the humans for higher economic value tasks People are under-employed. There is also the social expectation that people work hard, so it's not obvious to me if universal basic income would be well received, even by the people who would benefit from it. > STEM could solve this problem if you could automate all the low value stuff Japan has access to cheap labor in neighboring southeast asian countries. Many of the workers at the convenient store are from Vietnam, Philippines, Turkey.