Many CEOs believe technology will make people 'largely irrelevant'

Re:Many CEOs believe technology will make people 'largely ir... by thecopy on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @09:00AM (#13114582)

Replacing jobs with robots will benefit the economy and society. This has been shown again and again throughout history. I is _not_ different this thime, you dear reader are not unique.

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Re:Many CEOs believe technology will make people 'largely ir... by holydude on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @09:07AM (#13114622)

People want to work because they want to feel useful. Many people try to farm on their own knowing that it's probably cheaper and faster to buy from your local supermarket. 90% of us are not capable of doing a meaningful research.Are we redundant ? Even programmers are solving a non-existent problems.The society is already getting sick of globalization and corps more powerful than nations. This will either get worse or collapse.

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Re:Many CEOs believe technology will make people 'largely ir... by wolfram74 on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @09:09AM (#13114636)

We know the statement "More technology always means more better jobs for horses" is both silly in theory and demonstrably not true. Could you provide an argument for why it is true when we replace horses with humans? I'm aware that the economy as a whole will be better off, but if suddenly a quarter, a half or even 90% of the population becomes superfluous, it'll be debatable that society will be better off.

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Re:Many CEOs believe technology will make people 'largely ir... by ZeroGravitas on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @09:12AM (#13114651)

I generally agree with this, but would caution you to look into "the resource curse".

In this case, countries with large amounts of resources are terrible places for the average inhabitant, because the rulers can get very rich without having to educate or placate them, instead they need a tiny number of people to work the mines/oilfields. And can control them with guns bought with the the wealth they accrue from sales to other countries.

Avoiding this scenario, except with robots owned by the rich and lots of useless poor people, would be wise I think.

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Re:Many CEOs believe technology will make people 'largely ir... by dagw on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @09:16AM (#13114681)

This has been shown again and again throughout history.

Only if you look at things with a long enough time horizon. The Luddites where correct in as much as the quality of their life and the life of their children on the whole didn't benefit, even if the life of their grand children might have been better.

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