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Re:China Aims to Retool Its Manufacturing Industry with Robots by melling on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @04:04PM (#10740458)
Educate them and turn people into scientists, engineers, doctors, medical researchers, lawyers, computer programmers, etc?

China's population growth is slowing. Doesn't sound like they'll have the extra people. Better to educate them and move upmarket.

http://www.brookings.edu/research/articles/2010/09/china-pop...

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Re:China Aims to Retool Its Manufacturing Industry with Robots by yggydrasily on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @04:49PM (#10740737)
> Doesn't sound like they'll have the extra people.

When automation wipes out 99.99% of jobs, nearly all people will be "extra" people. Globally.

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