It’s called structural change. And I don’t see why it’s a bad think. We would still be plow our fields with ox and cart if we had denied every technological unemployment in the past.
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Almacca@aussie.zone 3 weeks agoTechnological unemployment is only going to get worse without a plan to support the people being replaced by automation. They can’t just ‘get another job’. As long as the benefits of this stuff only goes to shareholders, it can fuck off.
doodledup@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
5too@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s not that we don’t want robots doing it - honestly that’d be pretty cool. It’s that we want to be sure the people that are being replaced are being taken care of.
Almacca@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I imagine a post-scarcity world where all basic needs are met for everyone on the planet without question, and with minimal need for human labour, and that more as technical overseers. People would be free to work as much or as little as they want at whatever they want for their own betterment, or nothing at all if they want. Is that too much to ask?
Almacca@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
No. I don’t want them to starve when they get replaced by robots, which is the current plan, apparently.
doodledup@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well if you’re ignorant enough to think things will stay the same for the rest of your life while digitalization is ramping up… Who’s at fault here?! Just diversify and find different avenues.
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The solution is UBI
Almacca@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
And the sooner the better.