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Isn't it really productivity OR jobs? A smaller number of productive workers can accomplish the same finite amount of "work" as a greater number of less-product

Isn't it really productivity OR jobs? A smaller number of productive workers can accomplish the same finite amount of "work" as a greater number of less-productive workers. Welcome to the Industrial Revolution.

jobu 12y ago
The HN title is "The digital revolution has yet to fulfil its promise of productivity and jobs", but the economist title seems more realistic: "The digital revolution has yet to fulfil its promise of higher productivity and better jobs". The problem seems to be that we haven't figured out what to do with people that are no longer relevant once their jobs are automated (e.g. factory workers). That sort of thing is only going to accelerate - take a look at this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU (Humans Need Not Apply)
- privong 12y ago
  I guess that is a case of the 80 character HN limit making it a little difficult to write a useful but accurate title.
  - aidenn0 12y ago
    I'd get rid of "its" and "and" before getting rid of better
    - dang 12y ago
      Good idea. Thanks. Edit: come to think of it, we can just get rid of "the".
brent_noorda 12y ago
We need more technology, not less; specifically: more robots. Robots designed to relentlessly shop for items online, and to sleeplessly hail ride-share cars. With enough such robots, all us people will find full time employment shipping products to those robots from our Amazon warehouses, and driving those robots around in our Uber cars.
- georgemcbay 12y ago
  Coming soon: Kickstarter for "Entroboty". A bipedal robot that goes around creating a giant mess by randomly breaking and tossing objects around wherever it travels. Just think of all the janitorial and repair work this invention will create!
- gregpilling 12y ago
  You might like to read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midas_World http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midas_World

jobu 12y ago

The HN title is "The digital revolution has yet to fulfil its promise of productivity and jobs", but the economist title seems more realistic: "The digital revolution has yet to fulfil its promise of higher productivity and better jobs". The problem seems to be that we haven't figured out what to do with people that are no longer relevant once their jobs are automated (e.g. factory workers). That sort of thing is only going to accelerate - take a look at this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU (Humans Need Not Apply)

privong 12y ago
I guess that is a case of the 80 character HN limit making it a little difficult to write a useful but accurate title.
- aidenn0 12y ago
  I'd get rid of "its" and "and" before getting rid of better
  - dang 12y ago
    Good idea. Thanks. Edit: come to think of it, we can just get rid of "the".

brent_noorda 12y ago

We need more technology, not less; specifically: more robots. Robots designed to relentlessly shop for items online, and to sleeplessly hail ride-share cars. With enough such robots, all us people will find full time employment shipping products to those robots from our Amazon warehouses, and driving those robots around in our Uber cars.

georgemcbay 12y ago
Coming soon: Kickstarter for "Entroboty". A bipedal robot that goes around creating a giant mess by randomly breaking and tossing objects around wherever it travels. Just think of all the janitorial and repair work this invention will create!
gregpilling 12y ago
You might like to read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midas_World http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midas_World