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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by dragontamer on Thursday July 11, 2013 @02:32PM (#6028113)
When the car was invented, millions of horse and buggy operators, manufacturers, and horse dung sweepers lost their jobs. Their jobs were then replaced by used car salesmen, mechanics, the tires industry, etc. etc.

But it is a bit presumptuous to believe that all future inventions will destroy jobs. A great example of the reverse is the compiler industry.

As compiler technology / programming languages have become easier and easier... smaller and smaller teams of programmers have been able to get more things done. This hasn't destroyed programmers... it has instead increased the demand of programmers.

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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by TeMPOraL on Thursday July 11, 2013 @04:56PM (#6029177)
> This hasn't destroyed programmers... it has instead increased the demand of programmers.

Nor has invention of internal combustion engine decreased the demand for cars. Programming today is far from its full potential, just like transportation was 100 years ago. Software is a very young technology and it is just beginning to take over the world, but keep in mind that developing it is a) high-skill job, and b) mostly aimed toward automating other people out of their jobs.

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