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New industry will be service-orientated. Even if robot cooks can make a better pizza, people will tell themselves that human-made ones are more individual, and
by wisty 15y ago
New industry will be service-orientated. Even if robot cooks can make a better pizza, people will tell themselves that human-made ones are more individual, and taste better.
As the price of human labor goes to zero, humans will be increasingly used as marketing props.
In a democracy or socialist state, handouts or negative taxation will redistribute wealth.
- joe_the_user 15y agoWhat evidence do we have that handout are increasing with the recent increase in automation? My sense is they're going in the opposite direction and have strong momentum. And I will tell you that few people will chose human made pizzas just for the experience, especially if their wages are going to zero.
- adaml_623 15y agoI hope you realise that if you look at the numbers it's unlikely that the people who are making the human-made pizzas will earn enough to pay for human-made pizza. It's like there is a a pyramid of salaries and we just have to admit that we're trimming bits off the bottom of the pyramid. (IMHO)
- ristretto 15y agoServices like tourism and healthcare are in growing demand, however there is a shift going on there, too, e.g. airbnb, innovative medical devices etc. Unfortunately, an expensive services sector cannot sustain an economy on its own. It works in rich countries where people can afford to spend the money they make on other sectors for premium products and services. The issue of how to avoid unemployment and "keep people busy" in a socially fair way will be an active discussion in the following years.
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