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If we go all the way to a technological singularity in which not even "knowledge workers" are needed... we'll need a new way to distribute wealth. Between 1960
by beefman 15y ago
If we go all the way to a technological singularity in which not even "knowledge workers" are needed... we'll need a new way to distribute wealth.
Between 1960 and 2009, employment in IT in the US rose by a factor of 1.6, while the population grew by a factor of 1.7
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and many women entered the workforce, so the labor pool expanded by more than 1.7.