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I tend to think than tech replacing jobs is good for everyone in the long term, but I still worry very deeply about the short term. I believe that welfare syste
by PittleyDunkin 2y ago
I tend to think than tech replacing jobs is good for everyone in the long term, but I still worry very deeply about the short term. I believe that welfare systems help us weather otherwise unstable economic climates, and decades of slashing this have left us vulnerable to highly unstable financial forces.
- jmward01 2y agoIt is the rate of change that matters. Given time these disruptions would be integrated into society, but right now it is happening so fast that people can't adapt. If you are mid career and your whole field gets taken you really have nothing left. This just happened to my neighbor (graphics arts) and it is only going to accelerate. Stopping things in their tracks isn't the answer because it isn't realistic. The only answer I can come up with is that we need to start making labor more scarce by reducing the work week and giving huge incentives to have people go back to school every few years. The likelihood of either of those suggestions happening though is exactly 0.