News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The Software Revolution. Parent comment

Re:The Software Revolution by jjoonathan on Monday February 16, 2015 @02:20PM (#9058645)
I would love to believe that the service sector will be able to absorb the displaced labor without creating insane, poisonous power dynamics that put large sections of the population into an unnecessarily horrible position. For the very reason that I would love to believe this, I am cautious. Do you know of any other reasons why I should let myself hold this belief? I don't find these very convincing:

* Faith

* Optimism

* Vague comparisons to historical events that differ in every detail imaginable

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Software Revolution by tormeh on Monday February 16, 2015 @03:57PM (#9058959)
You're asking if the new jobs of tomorrow will suck harder than the McDonald's of today, and I really don't know. It's easy to assume that more essential, "useful", jobs will be better paid, but if you ask farmers you'll find out that that's not necessarily true. That said, while Notch may feel like he is king of the world right now, most indie game developers don't, I think.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Software Revolution by jjoonathan on Monday February 16, 2015 @06:01PM (#9059627)
Yup. Supply and demand is the name of the game, "useful" doesn't have anything to do with it.
[ Parent | on HN ]