> If you look at the history, I believe you'll see that automation of any sort has resulted in the movement of jobs, not a lack of jobs.
I've heard that said in different ways in different places over the years. But is it a iron law of nature, or just a thing that goes on until it doesn't?
If it will eventually stop (and I think this is likely), how would you tell when it is going to stop? Would you notice if it is already happening?
Would there be a weird "jobless recovery" after economic troubles or something?
Would the factory owners as class increasingly be doing better and better, but factory employees doing worse and worse?
Is there really a historical precedent for automating the whole manufacturing process, from robotic mining machines to automated factories to delivery drones?
What happens when the car factory doesn't need workers. Who buys the cars?
I've heard that said in different ways in different places over the years. But is it a iron law of nature, or just a thing that goes on until it doesn't?
If it will eventually stop (and I think this is likely), how would you tell when it is going to stop? Would you notice if it is already happening?
Would there be a weird "jobless recovery" after economic troubles or something?
Would the factory owners as class increasingly be doing better and better, but factory employees doing worse and worse?
Is there really a historical precedent for automating the whole manufacturing process, from robotic mining machines to automated factories to delivery drones?
What happens when the car factory doesn't need workers. Who buys the cars?