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> Why wouldn't it be? My debt is your asset, and vice versa. Tell me, what does the autonomous truck drink? Or eat? The less you pay the driver the less money

• jfengel 1y ago
  That doesn't automatically mean that the economy drops. The truck driver gets the next-least-undesirable job. That may pay almost the same, or it may not exist. It depends. It's never as simple as "we automated the job so the person is useless."
  • Ygg2 1y ago
    > The truck driver gets the next-least-undesirable job. That the promise but is it the reality? Deaths of despair suggest it isn't. Deindustrialization is an issue once you move supply chains overseas or to the robots, with it whole parts of country die. No truck drivers means less money spent on truck stops, motels (for sleep), and in their local economy (no pubs, bowling alley, etc.) But the threat isn't just replacing drivers, it is replacing entire eco systems of jobs.