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I think this only becomes a problem if technology evolves faster than people change. All those "calculator" employees got better jobs. People keep making the an

by xmprt 4y ago

I think this only becomes a problem if technology evolves faster than people change. All those "calculator" employees got better jobs. People keep making the analogy of how cars completely replaced horses (I used to as well) but horses can't fundamentally change what they are capable of. Even if the technology does evolve faster than people, governments can make sure people don't get impacted. Coal plants are more expensive to operate, worse for the environment, and less efficient but the coal industry is still kicking along for better or for worse.

barking_biscuit 4y ago
>I think this only becomes a problem if technology evolves faster than people change. This is the key distinction. Bandwidth. Humans only have so much of it, and if the rate at which they need to change their careers / find a new line of work exceeds their ramp-up time to become productive in that career / line of work then we can start to expect non-linear behavior from those humans. Maybe that means some sort of mental breakdown.