Loss of jobs is a distraction. People can get other jobs. If jobs can be automated cheaply, they should be. The problem is how the economy treats people who need to switch jobs and what it means for their income. Automate truck driving, please, but make sure ex-truck drivers are taken care of and can move on to other jobs that need doing.
Edit: I’ll make an exception for jobs that need human interaction. There is a limit to automating things like care or service jobs because most people also need human interaction. And give those people decision making power, too, not this “computer says no” hellscape customer service workers have to go through
lotta of the doom and gloom from this thing is just symptoms from the worst underlying aspects of that unique US-dystopia. where most working class are 1 or 2 missed paychecks away complete ruin.
the states/cities have better safety nets than others but across most of the country…might as well be non-existent outside of the handful of scraps the feds throw down (when those arent being actively fucked with by republicans)
Loss of jobs is a distraction. People can get other jobs. If jobs can be automated cheaply, they should be. The problem is how the economy treats people who need to switch jobs and what it means for their income. Automate truck driving, please, but make sure ex-truck drivers are taken care of and can move on to other jobs that need doing.
Edit: I’ll make an exception for jobs that need human interaction. There is a limit to automating things like care or service jobs because most people also need human interaction. And give those people decision making power, too, not this “computer says no” hellscape customer service workers have to go through
lotta of the doom and gloom from this thing is just symptoms from the worst underlying aspects of that unique US-dystopia. where most working class are 1 or 2 missed paychecks away complete ruin. the states/cities have better safety nets than others but across most of the country…might as well be non-existent outside of the handful of scraps the feds throw down (when those arent being actively fucked with by republicans)