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Reminds me of that twilight episode where a plant manager began replacing workers with robots, up to and including his assistant manager. At the end, the compan
by Allocator2008 18y ago
Reminds me of that twilight episode where a plant manager began replacing workers with robots, up to and including his assistant manager. At the end, the company that owned the plant replaced the plant manager himself with a robot. It poignantly ends with the plant manager and the assistant he had fired drinking together in a bar and discussing how people need the dignity of work. A perfect "poetic justice" Twilight Zone "lesson of the week".
Replacing toll workers with automated systems may save money, and may be inevitable, and trust me, I have quite a fascination with robots, but still, I am sorry for those hapless humans in their way.
- byrneseyeview 18y agoI am sorry for those hapless humans in their way. Don't worry! If you really care about reintroducing useless inefficiency by paying people to do things a robot could do instead, there are plenty of outlets for your passion. For example, why not hire someone to transcribe your email by hand, instead of writing it directly? All the benefits of useless labor, but taxpayers don't feel disgruntled about it!