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"I think that automation is good, but I don't think that it makes humans permanently redundant." Technology has already made people permanently redundant in ma
by nouveaux 5y ago
"I think that automation is good, but I don't think that it makes humans permanently redundant."
Technology has already made people permanently redundant in many places and will continue to do so. There is a near zero percent chance that technology will stop advancing to replace people's jobs. As we march forward with new automation, there will be a net loss in jobs. UBI is an attempt to solve that problem.
- missedthecue 5y agoCan you give me one such example of someone made permanently redundant by automation?
- teucris 5y agoExamples of permanent redundancy are tricky to see, because even when people don’t really do a job anymore at a large scale, there are still humans involved, just way, way fewer. Examples are: Computers - not microprocessors but “computers” which were people who did the work of calculating stuff before calculators were invented. Lumberjacks - we have logging equipment now. Musicians - we have DJs and radio to provide us music.
- missedthecue 5y agoYes those are examples of technology, but there aren't vast swaths of homeless lumberjacks and mathematicians. Humans are remarkably adept at learning new skills when previous tasks have been automated. Traffic lights eliminated the jobs of police officers standing in the middle of the road with a whistle. That policeman didn't become homeless. He got reassigned to a more productive role or found a new employer.
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