Technology has created more jobs than it has destroyed, says 140 years of data

Re:Technology has created more jobs than it has destroyed, s... by obrero on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @05:14AM (#10078196)

If this is true (and I take these things with an enormous grain of salt), it is an unfortunate thing. Tools are created to get rid of jobs, yet they create yet more work?

In a rational society, more jobs being destroyed would be something to be celebrated. It is a sign of a sick culture in which it would be seen as a bad thing.

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Re:Technology has created more jobs than it has destroyed, s... by kristofferR on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @05:25AM (#10078223)

Totally agree. Many people seem to believe that having to give away the majority of our most valuable non-renewable resource in life, time, in order to actually enjoy the remainder of our time, is a fantastic system that can't be improved upon.

Sure, having to work was (and still largely is) a necessity, but we should make it unneccessary as soon as technologically possible.

We act like being forced to do something is a right/privilige instead of a burden.

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