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I am not talking about existing optimization in construction industry. I am talking about lack of recreational and improved infrastructure for cities and rural

I am not talking about existing optimization in construction industry. I am talking about lack of recreational and improved infrastructure for cities and rural communities because it is entirely lacking. Why would construction crews work in rural communities building a park when the same labour is needed to build high density apartment blocks as Union paid jobs. We will have better towns and nicer infrastructure if we utilized technology. It almost seems to me that there is an elitism to tech that feels like ‘poorer’ communities has no need for cutting edge technology. Same thing happens in Agtech where there are agbots for three billion dollar produce but no one thinks of simple automation for developing nations growing food to export to richer countries. Because..‘let them labour’?

toast0 4y ago
> Why would construction crews work in rural communities building a park when the same labour is needed to build high density apartment blocks as Union paid jobs. Most construction companies select work based on their capacity, the requirements of the job and the pay. A crew that works on high density housing likely has too much capacity to accept a park building job. A smaller crew would be appropriate. Some crews might be able to split up and send some people to build a park, depending on their schedule, transportation time, equipment availability, willingness to pay, etc. 3d printing buildings still needs a crew of some sort to operate the machinery and supply its inputs, and there would be a limited number of machines, which would probably be concentrated on the highest dollar value jobs they could do. It's the same thing with Ag. Automation has capital costs, so you're going to start where the labor costs are highest, and do developing nations later. Of course, if you dropped off a big western Ag machine to run a large farm in pick your country, the next complaint would be about neo-colonial resource extraction. When labor is cheaper than automation, labor gets the job --- it's the same in developing and developed nations, it's just the (economic) cost of labor and the availability of capital is so different.
- jelliclesfarm 4y ago
  Your opinion mirrors what I have found to be mostly true in America. https://3dprint.com/285049/massive-3d-printed-park-erected-in-shenzen-china/amp/ https://3dprint.com/285049/massive-3d-printed-park-erected-i... : this is the difference between America and the rest of the developing world. We fear technology in America while the rest of the world is hungry for it..trying to automate small acreage ag, I have realized that we are now the Luddites of the world. There is no more ‘dream’ in America.

toast0 4y ago

> Why would construction crews work in rural communities building a park when the same labour is needed to build high density apartment blocks as Union paid jobs. Most construction companies select work based on their capacity, the requirements of the job and the pay. A crew that works on high density housing likely has too much capacity to accept a park building job. A smaller crew would be appropriate. Some crews might be able to split up and send some people to build a park, depending on their schedule, transportation time, equipment availability, willingness to pay, etc. 3d printing buildings still needs a crew of some sort to operate the machinery and supply its inputs, and there would be a limited number of machines, which would probably be concentrated on the highest dollar value jobs they could do. It's the same thing with Ag. Automation has capital costs, so you're going to start where the labor costs are highest, and do developing nations later. Of course, if you dropped off a big western Ag machine to run a large farm in pick your country, the next complaint would be about neo-colonial resource extraction. When labor is cheaper than automation, labor gets the job --- it's the same in developing and developed nations, it's just the (economic) cost of labor and the availability of capital is so different.

jelliclesfarm 4y ago
Your opinion mirrors what I have found to be mostly true in America. https://3dprint.com/285049/massive-3d-printed-park-erected-in-shenzen-china/amp/ https://3dprint.com/285049/massive-3d-printed-park-erected-i... : this is the difference between America and the rest of the developing world. We fear technology in America while the rest of the world is hungry for it..trying to automate small acreage ag, I have realized that we are now the Luddites of the world. There is no more ‘dream’ in America.