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> we will need to do a better job at educating them to prepare them for more high skilled labor. What about people who can't be educated for high-skilled labor
by busyant 14y ago
> we will need to do a better job at educating them to prepare them for more high skilled labor.
What about people who can't be educated for high-skilled labor? Seems like a taboo subject, but there are a lot of people like this in the world. What do they do?
* edit. These labor shake-ups are going to take place in "high-skilled" areas, too. IBM's Watson can probably be trained to be more talented at illness diagnosis than most MDs. It will be interesting to see what happens to those MDs.
- pyoung 14y agoRegarding your first point, I don't have an answer. But, for a more ironic take on the issue, please read 'Player Piano' by Vonnegut. Regarding your second point, I addressed this in the other post, but post-scarcity economics seems to be the best 'thought experiment' as to what a future society would look like. I truly believe that we are entering an age where human labor will become obsolete. It may take a while but, its going to happen.
- busyant 14y ago> I truly believe that we are entering an age where human labor will become obsolete. It may take a while but, its going to happen. I think you're correct. For me, what's difficult is to understand what happens to us at that point...and I guess what happens to us on the way to that point. I can't tell if it will be good or bad (or a mixed-bag) for us/humans.