Re:Economists are revising their views on robots and jobs
by Supermancho on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @08:13PM
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> Slaving away 40 hours a week on a bullshit job that can be trivially automated is not a benefit per se.
For some workers, that's a huge benefit. If they get ousted they have to find another degenerate position or work for a lower salary. Usually it's both.
Re:Economists are revising their views on robots and jobs
by clusterfish on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @02:17AM
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I mean that money is the benefit, not the work itself. Our wealth distribution system is not suitable for significant levels of automation at all - that is the root of the problem, not automation itself.
Re:Economists are revising their views on robots and jobs
by imtringued on Thursday January 27, 2022 @04:11AM
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People measure prosperity by employment, not the work they do, which is how we get backwards economics where it is better to destroy the planet.
That depends on how the extra profit is distributed, aka taxation and social welfare. Slaving away 40 hours a week on a bullshit job that can be trivially automated is not a benefit per se.