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If increased productivity equaled job loss, there would be two programmers alive today Increased productivity doesn't necessarily lead to overall job loss, but
by WillPostForFood 4y ago
If increased productivity equaled job loss, there would be two programmers alive today
Increased productivity doesn't necessarily lead to overall job loss, but it will eventually in the area where the productivity is realized. Agricultural employment is a very clear example.
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- protomolecule 4y agoWell, yes, it got down, but only from 12 mln to 5.5 mln people in agriculture.
- pixl97 4y agoAgriculture is still automating and the population has increased what, 4x since then
- protomolecule 4y agoThe US population increased about 15x in that period and one of the major reasons for that is the increase of productivity in agriculture [0]. Higher productivity created more demand. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution
- marstall 4y agootoh the rise of ATMs seems to have increased the number of bank tellers