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Ah yes, the noble Alchemist and Pin Setter.10 Jobs Lost To Technology | ThinkAutomation
Automation has brought numerous improvements to many of the job roles that have been lost to technologywww.thinkautomation.com
Ah yes, the noble Alchemist and Pin Setter.10 Jobs Lost To Technology | ThinkAutomation
Automation has brought numerous improvements to many of the job roles that have been lost to technologywww.thinkautomation.com
"Scissors Grinder" - Until the late '90s we had an old guy who would come around my neighbourhood, for roughly 6 months of the year, pushing a cart with a grinding wheel and tools on it. A fair number of people would go out to him, to have their knives professionally sharpened. I have a friend who, to this day, makes a fair sum in a sideline of sharpening knives, mostly for butchers and the restaurant industry.10 Jobs Lost To Technology | ThinkAutomation
Automation has brought numerous improvements to many of the job roles that have been lost to technologywww.thinkautomation.com
I think we have nearly all of the good parts or can see them from where we stand. It is the social and political elements we lack.I realized i left one-off: "We have parts of the star trek future, but not the good parts"
Yeah really the whole discussion is difficult without going into politics.No, I think not. However the examples are all political so I'll bow out. I'm not talking some minor dictatorship. I'm talking about my own Canadian government.
All the stuff they do anyway?I think we have nearly all of the good parts or can see them from where we stand. It is the social and political elements we lack.
As a thought experiment, "What do the majority of people actually do in a society where the technology allows the production of everything needed or even desired with the active involvement of less than 20% of the population?"
I am not sure I have an answer much less a good one.
Indeed this is exactly the question I tackled in my RPG setting Solis People of the Sun.I think we have nearly all of the good parts or can see them from where we stand. It is the social and political elements we lack.
As a thought experiment, "What do the majority of people actually do in a society where the technology allows the production of everything needed or even desired with the active involvement of less than 20% of the population?"
I am not sure I have an answer much less a good one.
Umm, brick and mortar stores have decreased significantly in the past twenty years.All the stuff they do anyway?
Like people do a lot of work voluntarily because it’s fun. Car guys aren’t gonna stop being car guys, they’ll just have more time to do it.
Also the service industry isn’t going to automate nearly as much as some folks are convinced it will. It’s like the “inevitable” demise of print book publishing or physical stores.
It’s almost like demise means a different thing than decrease.Umm, brick and mortar stores have decreased significantly in the past twenty years.
You gotta know that retail is still a huge industry.It's not that these industries will disappear. That's the thing. They won't disappear. But, we will see significant upheavals and it doesn't take everyone losing their jobs to do that. Again, there are still manufacturing jobs. Of course there are.
And that’s good. The things we actually want humans to do, mostly service, specialty work, art, craftwork, and other things that can be done as hobbies or benefit strongly from direct communication with someone who understands the topic at hand.There are just a lot less of them today than there were thirty years ago.
Slight correction: There are a lot less manufacturing jobs in places like The United States. If you want to work in manufacturing then you could always move to Asia, where there are massive numbers of such jobs. You'd just be making a tiny fraction of what North American manufacturing workers used to make, adjusted for inflation.Umm, brick and mortar stores have decreased significantly in the past twenty years.
It's not that these industries will disappear. That's the thing. They won't disappear. But, we will see significant upheavals and it doesn't take everyone losing their jobs to do that. Again, there are still manufacturing jobs. Of course there are.
There are just a lot less of them today than there were thirty years ago.
me!I get the feeling that if some had their way, we would bury the technology and never speak of it again.