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They don’t have to. If say robotaxis become widespread, you’ve freed up some portion of the labor market to do something else. They don’t have to automate all j
by seanmcdirmid 9mo ago
They don’t have to. If say robotaxis become widespread, you’ve freed up some portion of the labor market to do something else. They don’t have to automate all jobs, just some.
- arcologies1985 9mo agoThe evidence has shown that this thinking is flawed - disruption of jobs in an industry causes a slow, wrenching, scarring adjustment process that increases the load on welfare programs and makes quality of life broadly worse: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/g-s1-47352/why-economists-got-free-trade-with-china-so-wrong https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/g-s1-47352/why-economists-got...
- nemomarx 9mo agosure but after 3-5 generations it works out, like with farming and weaving. just gotta wait longer!
- arcologies1985 9mo agoIf only this was a game of Victoria 3
- seanmcdirmid 9mo agoso ease the robotaxis in now then rather than waiting 30 years.