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> In the past, only very rich households had dedicated personnel for such kind of tasks, so i guess it was not that big % of people doing that. There were not

> In the past, only very rich households had dedicated personnel for such kind of tasks, so i guess it was not that big % of people doing that. There were not many drivers either. But independent of drivers, shouldn't you also argue against dishwashers and washing machines? These are jobs that people could do manually. Low-wage jobs, so the cost of dishwashing and laundry shouldn't really matter, does it? Full-time drivers suffer serious health consequences, driving is a pretty bad job. I would assume dish washing is healthier. If we can confirm that, maybe we should automate driving and require manually dish-washing by professional dishwashers instead?

GrigoriyMikh 5y ago
That looks like reductio ad absurdum argument. Returning professional dishwashers even not an option at this point due to depth of technology integration. Meanwhile autonomous driving is not yet here. Anyway, as i see it, current situation is different to other similar historic ones. Maybe i'm wrong. But previously we had an abundance of low-skill jobs. Now all low-skill jobs are targets for automation. I think that solutions like UBI are very detrimental to middle class. Since we see that higher class are very flexible in terms of tax-evasion. And i don't see how it can last for more than one generation of welfare people.