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Possibly but economic collapse might be necessary to rebalance our economy and society to accommodate the newly freed labor. The labor force freed up from facto
by coenhyde 15y ago
Possibly but economic collapse might be necessary to rebalance our economy and society to accommodate the newly freed labor. The labor force freed up from factory work needs to be redistributed to some other industry; not necessarily directly. We still educate people to be human robots but now we have real robots so we don't need people for factory work anymore. What we need are innovative and creative people for the cultural revolution. Ideally it would be nice if this transition didn't require economic collapse but our society is reactive not proactive.
- xal 15y agoThe point of the book is that the jobs that are likely to disappear next are at the top end of the economic spectrum rather then the bottom. Think Radiologists who will probably be replaced by software within a decade as opposed to nurses who actually work with humans and are much harder to replace.
- coenhyde 15y agoRadiologists are very highly trained. They will have no difficulty finding/creating a new job.
- arethuza 15y agoInteresting then that the Wikipedia article on Radiology says: "The field is rapidly expanding due to advances in computer technology" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiology So it sounds like technology is allowing them to do more things better rather than simply replacing them.