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user-inactivated · 3321 days ago · link · · parent · post: Could technology displace even specialized jobs?
I don't think automation is the problem, it's the assumption that everyone needs a job in order to earn the means to live. That people have to waste their limited time on drudgery is a problem, and the solution is technology to automate the drudgery. That we expect people to find some drudgery to do is a problem, and the solution is political. One solution to the latter is to try to oppose automation, but ask the Luddites how well that will work. Basic income is another, and the jury's still out on that one.