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There should really be a Godwin-like rule when it comes to accusing someone of not knowing how to read. How many people does AirBnB employ, again? I've never
by jbooth 15y ago
There should really be a Godwin-like rule when it comes to accusing someone of not knowing how to read.
How many people does AirBnB employ, again? I've never even heard of Kijiji.
Add up all those companies and you're around the level of a single 100k city newspaper. Maybe 2-3 of them. Did you know that newspapers actually employ a lot of people who's whole job is to get stuff printed out on paper and delivered to everyone's door?
Again, nobody's arguing for going back to stupid inefficient gray-paper classifieds. They're just pointing out that efficiency has eliminated more jobs than it's created this time around (see also manufacturing), and there doesn't seem to be an obvious next step for those unemployed if they can't learn programming.
- piguy314 15y agoYou are glossing over the other point that reducing the transaction cost increases market participation and velocity in those goods which are advertised in classifieds. Craigslist is easier and cheaper than traditional classified so there are individuals at the margin who will advertiser in craigslist but would not have advertised in the newspaper due to difficulty or cost. Those marginal advertisers buy and sell goods/services which increase economic activity.
- AppSec 15y agoThis can be taken to an extreme. How many corporations make/made printing presses? How many corps make/made network devices, monitors, keyboards, mice, smartphones. You can go third to fourth order all day long and you'll end up with the same statement: The only thing that is constant is change. People have to be willing to change and willing to learn or they will be left behind.