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Such nitpicking makes a lot of difference to an unemployed person.
by OGinparadise 14y ago
Such nitpicking makes a lot of difference to an unemployed person.
- fennecfoxen 14y agoIndeed! But it makes a lot of difference to whichever schmucks who had to pay that person, too. Perhaps a few million homeowners spending a few hundred dollars less on painting services every year could buy something more meaningful than a guy standing around on a ladder fixing paint jobs that don't need to be broken.
- nathan_long 14y agoIt should. The appearance of a new technology creates value which will be shared by society in some way. If a solar breakthrough removed the need for gasoline, oil workers would lose out in the short run, but every car owner would have more money to spend on other things, so jobs would be created elsewhere. Whereas if oil just disappeared, value would be lost overall.