Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic...
by TeMPOraL on Thursday July 11, 2013 @04:50PM
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> will enable him to do things like wash peoples windows
Until next year a new type of window will come that doesn't have to be washed.
> there will be more jobs for packaging
There won't. Humans are already being optimized-out of packaging by automated, self-adjusting warehouses and package machines.
> you can instead preorder your groceries
Being produced, packed and delivered by machines.
> It might as well drive to the nearby car cleaner
Which has been automated-out of his work years ago because how this job requires any skills cheap machines don't have right now?
Rest of the things you write about are things people will be able to do instead of working.
The point is, computers are not replacing particular jobs and creating new ones (of similar skill levels). They are replacing whole classes of skills humans have with jobs that have significantly higher requirements and significantly less open positions.
Until next year a new type of window will come that doesn't have to be washed.
> there will be more jobs for packaging
There won't. Humans are already being optimized-out of packaging by automated, self-adjusting warehouses and package machines.
> you can instead preorder your groceries
Being produced, packed and delivered by machines.
> It might as well drive to the nearby car cleaner
Which has been automated-out of his work years ago because how this job requires any skills cheap machines don't have right now?
Rest of the things you write about are things people will be able to do instead of working.
The point is, computers are not replacing particular jobs and creating new ones (of similar skill levels). They are replacing whole classes of skills humans have with jobs that have significantly higher requirements and significantly less open positions.