Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun

Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by SamoyedFurFluff on Friday November 04, 2022 @10:50AM (#33467677)

Actually studies are that people who specialized in Eg. Looming fabrics never found equivalent jobs. They literally lost their livelihoods and never regained that quality of life. I would be supremely worried if a permanent underclass of people whose specialties are automated away and there are no equivalent quality jobs for them.

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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by rendang on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:39PM (#33470738)

Good point, but as a counterbalancing force, those people still benefit from the economy-wide productivity increase in the long run. An entry-level unskilled worker has a much higher standard of living today than a skilled tradesman of the 19th century.

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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by duderific on Friday November 04, 2022 @06:10PM (#33474583)

> a permanent underclass of people whose specialties are automated away and there are no equivalent quality jobs for them.

Isn't this pretty much a description of the US manufacturing sector over the last 40 years?

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