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Perhaps there is net job creation but not for the people who are immediately displaced. The jobs figures are treated like some pool, and it ignores the fact tha
by thinkingkong 12y ago
Perhaps there is net job creation but not for the people who are immediately displaced. The jobs figures are treated like some pool, and it ignores the fact that many people can't adapt their existing skill set to the jobs that were created.
For example, 100,000 truckers are put out of work by a truck that drives itself. There might be 100,000 other jobs created - we might all get to work less one day - but for those 100,000 truckers, the number of them becoming automation developers is probably pretty low.
- seanflyon 12y agoIt seems to me that the new jobs will require more and more education, which could be a problem for the uneducated. I am optimistic though, because when I look at the past people have always been able to adapt to the new jobs and benefited significantly. Just think of all the poor hunters and gatherers who were put out of work by the advent of farming.