Re:American truck drivers could lose their jobs to robots
by busterarm on Sunday August 07, 2016 @11:55PM
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Please. This is what your numbers mean.
American Population in 1850: 23 million.
American Population today: 319 million.
American Farmers in 1850: 14.72 million.
American Farmers today: 6.38 million.
And this is with several major wars in between.
Basically we've gotten just better than twice as efficient in farming labor in 160 years (this is measured in man-hours worked). The value of that labor is what has changed. Farming itself is more efficient and we can feed 10 times as many people via refrigeration and shipping.
Basically we've gotten just better than twice as efficient in farming labor in 160 years (this is measured in man-hours worked). The value of that labor is what has changed. Farming itself is more efficient and we can feed 10 times as many people via refrigeration and shipping.