"We should not be haunted by the specter of being automated out of work. We should be excited by that. But the reason we're not excited by it is because we live in a society where if you don't have a job, you are left to die. And that is, at its core, our problem."

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[–]yetanotherone_sigh 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Like her or hate her, this statement isn't wrong at the core.

I'm involved in automation. In the last 20 years, my industry has almost 100% automated. My plant started with 43 people, 21 years ago when I began work there. Now we have 1 person - me. I take care of the automation. I installed it. I maintain it. I fix it if it breaks. I could say that I do the work of 43 people, but I don't. The automation does. And it does a better job than the people did.

This is going to be extremely disruptive to our society.

[–]go1dfish 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU

[–]yetanotherone_sigh 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've used this video to demonstrate this effect to people who don't believe me. They don't stay unbelievers for long.