Significant slice of the U.S. workforce believes their jobs have no purpose

Re:Significant slice of the U.S. workforce believes their jo... by giraffe_lady on Monday August 14, 2023 @10:33PM (#37129494)

So? I don't claim otherwise. The fact that a life ground to dust is an effective lubricant for the engine of progress or whatever is not comforting or righteous. Maybe you could stand to consider the first order consequences a little more.

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Re:Significant slice of the U.S. workforce believes their jo... by adam_arthur on Monday August 14, 2023 @10:36PM (#37129520)

Feeding the poor via technological advances lowering cost of food production is not righteous in your opinion?

Despite those agricultural workers who lost their jobs. This is thinking beyond the first level.

Innovation in aggregate benefits most people in the long run via lessening real costs of goods. Producing goods in an inefficient manner raises the real cost of living for society.

Was life better when the average person spent 80% of their income on food?

Will life be worse for the average person when goods and services become 50% cheaper through AI driven automation?

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