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The people picking trash in my street stopped working for 2 days and it looks like I live in some third world country now, two fucking days and it looks like I

The people picking trash in my street stopped working for 2 days and it looks like I live in some third world country now, two fucking days and it looks like I live in the middle of an open air dump If trucks stopped deliveries every city would die in a week If construction workers stopped building / maintaining we'd be in deep shit in 6 months or less If the people in warehouses stopped working for a week the economy would tank like it rarely does Nurses, doctors, bus/tram/train drivers, police, firefighters, ambulances, janitors, trash pickers, plumbers, sewer workers, electricians, people taking care of water treatment plants, power plants, teachers, social workers, ... You could delete facebook, openai, instagram, twitter, netflix, tesla and 90% of startups from the face of the earth right now and I'd have the exact same life as yesterday. Remove any of the people I mentioned above and society would crumble in no time And none of these are even remotely close to being automated at all, nobody cares about most of these jobs. But hey, here is a dancing kangaroo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuivg5rz_aA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuivg5rz_aA

hotdogscout 3y ago
Are any of the positions you cited minimum wage workers where you live? Again, assuming US: https://money.cnn.com/2016/02/24/news/economy/trash-workers-high-pay/ https://money.cnn.com/2016/02/24/news/economy/trash-workers-... https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/garbage-collector/salary https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/garbage-collector... >You could delete facebook, openai, instagram, twitter, netflix, tesla and 90% of startups from the face of the earth right now and I'd have the exact same life as yesterday. Remove any of the people I mentioned above and society would crumble in no time Yes because you picked non-essential work. (?)
- rvnx 3y ago
  Even further, maybe the world would actually be better without these companies. Now that there are great inventions like TikTok, teenagers are depressed as hell, and they don't go to meet each other to play soccer together, because the "social" networks are giving the illusion of having that connection.
- lm28469 3y ago
  > Yes because you picked non-essential work. (?) Then again tell me who we're automating out of the work force right now ? Trash pickers or code monkeys ? Truck drivers or artists ?
  - hotdogscout 3y ago
    Essential and non-replaceable are different concepts.
  - fkyoureadthedoc 3y ago
    All of them? We've been working on and succeeding at automating physical tasks for decades.
  - evilduck 3y ago
    Growing up my trash was picked up by a human and the truck crew had two or three people on it jogging house to house to pick up trash as the driver slow rolled through the neighborhood. Now my trash is serviced by one person who mostly never leaves the cab and who would be better described as a skilled machine operator than as a menial labor role. The work isn't completely automated but technology has reduced the job market for trash truck crews by two-thirds. I'm guessing the barrier is higher now too, requiring training and certifications to run the robotics on the truck instead of physical fitness being the primary prior qualification.

hotdogscout 3y ago

Are any of the positions you cited minimum wage workers where you live? Again, assuming US: https://money.cnn.com/2016/02/24/news/economy/trash-workers-high-pay/ https://money.cnn.com/2016/02/24/news/economy/trash-workers-... https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/garbage-collector/salary https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/garbage-collector... >You could delete facebook, openai, instagram, twitter, netflix, tesla and 90% of startups from the face of the earth right now and I'd have the exact same life as yesterday. Remove any of the people I mentioned above and society would crumble in no time Yes because you picked non-essential work. (?)

rvnx 3y ago
Even further, maybe the world would actually be better without these companies. Now that there are great inventions like TikTok, teenagers are depressed as hell, and they don't go to meet each other to play soccer together, because the "social" networks are giving the illusion of having that connection.
lm28469 3y ago
> Yes because you picked non-essential work. (?) Then again tell me who we're automating out of the work force right now ? Trash pickers or code monkeys ? Truck drivers or artists ?
- hotdogscout 3y ago
  Essential and non-replaceable are different concepts.
- fkyoureadthedoc 3y ago
  All of them? We've been working on and succeeding at automating physical tasks for decades.
- evilduck 3y ago
  Growing up my trash was picked up by a human and the truck crew had two or three people on it jogging house to house to pick up trash as the driver slow rolled through the neighborhood. Now my trash is serviced by one person who mostly never leaves the cab and who would be better described as a skilled machine operator than as a menial labor role. The work isn't completely automated but technology has reduced the job market for trash truck crews by two-thirds. I'm guessing the barrier is higher now too, requiring training and certifications to run the robotics on the truck instead of physical fitness being the primary prior qualification.