Re:Self-driving trucks threaten one of America's top blue-co...
by dcposch on Sunday September 25, 2016 @02:20PM
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This is global, it's not specific to America.
Fun story, the word luddite comes from Ned Ludd, an 18th century English weaver. He destroyed some mechanical looms and inspired a bunch of people to copy him. They were angry about automation taking their jobs.
This is a timeless problem.
> Of course for individuals in an industry that will be soon redundant it sucks, but that's the nature of life. Move on, adapt, re-train.
You're gonna need more empathy than that. For someone like a 50-year-old coal miner living in Kentucky, "adapt, retrain" is easier said than done.
Fun story, the word luddite comes from Ned Ludd, an 18th century English weaver. He destroyed some mechanical looms and inspired a bunch of people to copy him. They were angry about automation taking their jobs.
This is a timeless problem.
> Of course for individuals in an industry that will be soon redundant it sucks, but that's the nature of life. Move on, adapt, re-train.
You're gonna need more empathy than that. For someone like a 50-year-old coal miner living in Kentucky, "adapt, retrain" is easier said than done.