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This change won't happen overnight. It would take decades to change all the automobiles over to a new technology. They still drive cars from the 1950's in Cuba!
by xxbondsxx 15y ago
This change won't happen overnight. It would take decades to change all the automobiles over to a new technology. They still drive cars from the 1950's in Cuba!
It's more like the cab driver's son won't also become a cab driver, he will have a different type of job. He will be more educated from online resources and most likely work in a field that has been expanded due to technology.
You could even say that cab drivers themselves are benefactors of automobile technology. Their jobs would not exist without the internal combustion engine. But that invention consumed the jobs of rickshaw runners and horse buggy drivers.
- joering2 15y agoThe reason behind driving a 1950's car in Cuba is the fact they don't break that often (otherwise they wouldn't be driven would they?) and most likely some weird Cuban embargos on new imports/production. I don't find this example helpful. I don't see a problem for a rickshaw runner or horse buggy driver becoming a truck driver or UPS delivery guy. They just changed the media that makes them possible to do their job. In this self driving cars scenario, we are replacing drivers with... noone! Unless, self driving cars will be breaking down so often and need so much maintenance that it will create a 15 million workers strong industry to fix or maintain those cars. But I highly doubt that. edit: other than that, talking only about employment numbers, I don't see how cleaner air or less traffic or getting 15 minutes earlier to work would help 15 million unemployed get the job/create new positions.