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 scotchmi_st on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @06:32AM (#10078397)

Then again, no-one ever said that you could learn a trade at 20, and that trade would still be relevant when you're 40. If capitalism is something you agree with, then you must also accept the transitory nature of your work. Although personally I do agree we should try to make it easier for people in that position.

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Re:Technology has created more jobs than it has destroyed, s... by redblacktree on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @02:46PM (#10081278)

Given this, it's truly tragic when a young adult takes on a mammoth debt to learn a skill that is then made irrelevant.

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Re:Technology has created more jobs than it has destroyed, s... by Nadya on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @03:19PM (#10081502)

It's unfortunate future-planning. It's impossible to know what the future holds but there is some level of precedent to help decide. Although with no guarantees, a job that has been around for hundreds of years is a bit more likely to stick around than a new job field that was just created 2 months ago.

I'd go in debt to become a carpenter before I went in debt learning a JS Framework, as an example.

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