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Re:Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs by toomuchtodo on Monday May 13, 2019 @10:17AM (#19899444)
We could also reduce the work week and increase taxes to distribute the gains from automation, instead of relying on the goodwill of billionaires. It seems the current political populism environment is best suited for this outcome.
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Re:Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs by bamboozled on Monday May 13, 2019 @10:29AM (#19899565)
It's going to be an interesting economic situation when the wealth distribution is so skewed towards less than 1% of the population that no one has any money left to make billionaires, billionaires.
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Re:Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs by freewilly1040 on Monday May 13, 2019 @11:17AM (#19900120)
That seems fine?
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