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On the contrary, your time becomes more valuable the more tasks you automate, as your productivity per unit of time goes up. The time of a factory worker who r
by Legend2440 4mo ago
On the contrary, your time becomes more valuable the more tasks you automate, as your productivity per unit of time goes up.
The time of a factory worker who runs machines producing 200000 widgets per hour is far more valuable than the time of a worker making 1 widget per hour by hand.
- entropi 4mo agoYeah but the money I receive is almost completely decoupled from the value I create. In fact, this can only reduce the value of my time since now my expertise is perceived to be commodified.
- Legend2440 4mo agoAlso not true. The factory worker is paid more than the worker making widgets by hand. GDP per capita has a strong correlation with average wages. The more productive your economy, the more money the average person makes.
- fridder 4mo agothere has been a decoupling of productivity gains and wage increases for some time. Not completely disconnected yet but still