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It's important to note that that $450bn isn't just ploughed into the ground each year. That's the wages of taxi drivers, truck drivers, mechanics, engineers, an
by jl6 13y ago
It's important to note that that $450bn isn't just ploughed into the ground each year. That's the wages of taxi drivers, truck drivers, mechanics, engineers, and all their associated support. While losing all that will be a net win for the economy, we're talking about millions of people becoming unemployed.
This is not a new problem. Automation has already rendered a very large part of the world's population economically unnecessary.
- PeterisP 13y agoAs far as I understand from the article, they are talking about the estimated benefit from crashes. If in the end we need less ER surgeons and less cars go to junkyards then that is still clearly a good thing, as per classic 'broken window' economic thesis. Anyway, truck driving is exactly the kind of job (e.g., http://io9.com/5933246/why-truck-driving-is-one-of-the-most-unhealthy-jobs-in-america http://io9.com/5933246/why-truck-driving-is-one-of-the-most-... ) that we should make sure that no homo sapiens should be forced to do in the future.