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Re:Dumped orange peel transformed a barren pasture (2017) by onemoresoop on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @10:32AM (#41636861)
> I would hope that wages will rise across the world, making manual labor intensive processes obsolete. This would be a good thing.

I don't know if this fully makes sense. If wages were to rise manual labor would thrive too. While some people enjoy working in offices same is true of manual labor, some people really do enjoy manual labor (excluding dangerous or demeaning jobs), and of course where it makes sense with tools to make it more efficient.

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Re:Dumped orange peel transformed a barren pasture (2017) by fauigerzigerk on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @11:05AM (#41637319)
The only way to raise living standards is to become more productive. Manual or not manual is not really the point. The point is output per hour worked.

Producing far less per hour worked than what is possible is either low paid work or a hobby.

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