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Re:Paul Graham accidentally explained everything wrong with ... by fleitz on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @07:22PM (#10847304)
The technology kills jobs argument is so fucking stupid it's unbelievable, in 1700 we had 600 million people. Fast forward to 2015, we have 7 billion people the vast majority who are employed.

If technology killed jobs we'd have like 100 million people working instead of 6 billion workers.

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Re:Paul Graham accidentally explained everything wrong with ... by cgm616 on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @07:34PM (#10847362)
That's assuming that the vast majority of employment can be automated away at a low cost at this point in time. Which isn't true. Even if it can be in the US or other developed countries, that in no way applies to everywhere.
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Re:Paul Graham accidentally explained everything wrong with ... by cellularmitosis on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @08:14PM (#10847647)
On a long enough timeline, technology will absolutely kill all jobs. That's ideal. Once we have fusion and replicators, why would anyone want a job?

The question is, can our society survive the awkward transition period to post-scarcity, or will we crumble in civil wars and uprisings before we reach the goal of 100% unemployment?

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