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Just my two (oversimplified) cents: Technology has always been created to free humans from hard work. This has evolved from early primitive tools, over mechanis
by lagrange77 4y ago
Just my two (oversimplified) cents:
Technology has always been created to free humans from hard work.
This has evolved from early primitive tools, over mechanisation, industrialisation and automation.
Yes, i know, nowadays profit is the main driver for technologic advancements, but this is rooted in the monetary cost of human work.
So it naturally converges to a world, where humans don't do any hard work anymore.
I know, this needs some huge global sociologic shifts (looking at you, greediness) as well and more than 10 years, but in the end, this progress and it's end state is not threatening at all.
And those shifts will have to happen sooner or later, since it's far from only software developer's jobs, that are threatened by automation.
The 'problem' with many developers is, that a lot of us actually enjoy what we do, making it seem less as hard work.
But look at it this way: In a world, where most of the jobs are automated and a global system of machinery supplies earth's demand for food, you'll have plenty of time, to do the things you enjoy, like learning how technology works or writing code without GitHub Copilot.