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It's obvious that advances in technology have been "taking away jobs" for centuries. The automobile must have been hell on farriers, leather workers, stables an
by grecy 3y ago
It's obvious that advances in technology have been "taking away jobs" for centuries. The automobile must have been hell on farriers, leather workers, stables and hay suppliers, but it obviously created mechanics, gas stations and all the rest. Asbestos miners lost their jobs en-mass, as are coal miners now.
The writing is on the wall that self-driving vehicles are coming (taxis, transport trucks, etc.). We could argue all week about the timeline for when exactly, but the important thing is they are coming.
The really important part of this is how will society handle the "loss of jobs". Are we already preparing for this eventuality? Are we gearing up to re-train truck drivers, are we gearing up to not have thousands of taxi drivers per city and all the stuff that comes along with that (added taxes, medallions, etc.)
Do we want the protection of jobs to limit our use of technology?
Should we block progress just so people can keep jobs that are not healthy for them in the first place?
- MisterBastahrd 3y agoYes, we want the protection of jobs to limit our use of technology when said technology is proven to be inherently dangerous without human supervision. The difference between a Tesla driving into oncoming traffic and a semi driving into oncoming traffic is massive when it comes to potential loss of life. These trucks are not proven to be safe and we shouldn't pretend that they are. Laws can be revised.
- dventimi 3y agoWho's "we"? Personally, I don't want what you're describing.
- BurningFrog 3y agoHuman drivers are well known to be inherently dangerous! They/we kill 10s of thousands of people on US roads each year.
- chankstein38 3y ago> The really important part of this is how will society handle the "loss of jobs". Are we already preparing for this eventuality? Are we gearing up to re-train truck drivers, are we gearing up to not have thousands of taxi drivers per city and all the stuff that comes along with that (added taxes, medallions, etc.) Instead of fighting for jobs that are becoming obsolete solely so those people don't lose jobs, maybe their union should be working on answers to this question. I'm not saying I support these people losing jobs but, like you said, should "It'd take away jobs" be a reason we should never progress technologically? Even if it stands to potentially vastly decrease the amount of accidents non-truckers die in? While they die because they're forced to overwork and overwork means sitting for most of their waking hours? Instead of spending money on these kinds of battles the union could be working towards figuring out programs that could set these truckers up for other jobs or towards some sort of strategy that will cover their expenses until they get on their feet. But, then again, most of those would mean their priority is their union members and not just making money. Because one way they will likely end up spending any dues money on their members with the end game eventually being dissolving the union when there are no more truckers. aka, no more money.