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> But the resulting jobs follow a general trend of technology making new jobs "Technology making new jobs" didn't start yesterday; it started at least a couple
by pizza234 2y ago
> But the resulting jobs follow a general trend of technology making new jobs
"Technology making new jobs" didn't start yesterday; it started at least a couple of centuries ago. And I take you, or even people with a meaningless job, wouldn't swap their job for sweeping chimneys or making matchsticks.
Even if we don't go so far, taking for example game development, nowadays, thanks to many improvements both in HW and SW, the barrier to entrance has decreased considerably, and people can produce (small) masterpieces even with low software engineering skills.
Here's Carmack talking tangentially about the topic: https://youtu.be/YOZnqjHkULc https://youtu.be/YOZnqjHkULc.
- vouaobrasil 2y agoNot sure why you resort to making the only alternative "sweeping chimneys or making matchsticks". There were plenty of other jobs back then that weren't menial.