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Originally posted by pintohoo ↑

totally disagree with this bit

No no no no no

“That means the proper response to automation has to be serious retraining to give people the skills to get a new job.

If that is not enough, it may mean the government providing jobs.”

WRONG

we have to rethink the entire social idea of work, income, rewards etc

It is the completely wrong track to go on to think about the next ‘job’

so dumb is it to go down that track that the author suggests that if a new suitable job can’t be found then we create one

WOW

if that’s not a headsup that it’s the wrong track - then I don’t know how to convince people

We have to begin to get our heads around that there will be NO jobs in future at all

even if it takes 200 more years - that’s the shape of the future

that’s what we need to be steering towards

not making up fake jobs

The stupidity of that is breathtaking

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Many people talk about a universal basic income. But it's a lot more complicated than that. What will these people be doing all day every day. There will be no more peak hour. The roads will be quiet.

Idle hands and all that.
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