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People will run out of jobs only when they run out of needs and desires.
by visarga 5y ago
People will run out of jobs only when they run out of needs and desires.
- shadowgovt 5y agoHuman psychology is, unfortunately, more complicated than that. There was an attempt in 2016 to prepare a program to retrain coal miners in center Pennsylvania and other traditional mining regions, as the general market, automation, and decrease in available coal from mining had made that a high-unemployment space. Job retraining was on the table. People handily rejected it. They didn't want to do something else; they wanted to mine. The children of professional drivers may find something else to do, but professional drivers are going to, on average, be most comfortable driving, and if there's no driving to be done we're on our way to system shock.
- willcipriano 5y agoWhat if I told you to quit your job and I'll get you training for another role. If you trusted me you might go with it, but it you knew from previous experience that I was an incompetent buffoon you would likely say no. It's like a guy in a clown outfit saying the nobody wants open heart surgery beacuse everyone turns him down when he asks.
- shadowgovt 5y agoI think your assessment is good. Unfortunately, none of the clowns have taken off their clownsuits so the system shock is still the most probable outcome.