Job Automation and the Minimum Wage Debate

[Wild self]

Its gonna happen to high paying jobs in the not-too-distant future, as well. IT jobs, Computer engineering, 3D printers. NOTHING IS SAFE.

 

[DEAD7]

How do we keep the income distribution from becoming even more top-heavy?

We should see a dramatic drop in cost across the board... Really dramatic.

 

[sm0ke]

We should see a dramatic drop in cost across the board... Really dramatic.

I'm not sure what you're implying. Are you saying prices will go down as a result?

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

We should see a dramatic drop in cost across the board... Really dramatic.

this doesn't sound like a good thing. You can't have it across the board. Across the board implies the dollar loses a ton of value.

and we can't back it by gold its not flexible enough

 

[DEAD7]

I'm not sure what you're implying. Are you saying prices will go down as a result?

this doesn't sound like a good thing. You can't have it across the board. Across the board implies the dollar loses a ton of value.

and we can't back it by gold its not flexible enough

The reduced production cost and increased output would reach the consumer at some point no?

 

[Wild self]

The reduced production cost and increased output would reach the consumer at some point no?

CEOs are looking at it like and the 98% is like

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

The reduced production cost and increased output would reach the consumer at some point no?

you want the world to get really fukking fair?...then let that happen.

its easy to say this when we're the dominant currency/economy... and ignore the consequences

 

[Poitier]

Nothing good is going to come from automation in America. This isn't Switzerland.

 

[DEAD7]

Nothing good is going to come from automation in America. This isn't Switzerland.

You're assuming no change in the way America approaches economics...
I doubt that would be the case.

 

[MikelArteta]

Just something in the paper today that robots may soon replace fast food workers.

 

[Type Username Here]

It doesn't have to be all doom and gloom. All it takes is a radical shift of economic and social systems. Full automation can be a very good thing for human beings.

The Venus Project has really good ideas. Obviously it has flaws and shortcomings, but at least it's proposing relatively great alternatives.

 

[IAmGettingAMailOrderBride]

Get me a robot wife and I'm Gucci

 

[Jhoon]

some famous economist (his name escapes my mind) predicted we would all learn how to maintain the automation and machinery and only work like 15 hours a week

In my world, we shouldn't work more than 6 hours a week. But you know most folks in the this country aren't going

It doesn't have to be all doom and gloom. All it takes is a radical shift of economic and social systems. Full automation can be a very good thing for human beings.

The Venus Project has really good ideas. Obviously it has flaws and shortcomings, but at least it's proposing relatively great alternatives.

technology is supposed to make life better easier. But if the culture is built on working hard, kinda conflicts with it.

 

[Jhoon]

Just something in the paper today that robots may soon replace fast food workers.

Think of driverless buses and trains. These are millions of jobs that will be gone. What happens to those folks?

 

[Type Username Here]

It's just not low skill jobs though. Automation will replace everything but the Capitalist owner(s) if we don't change our course. No job will be safe eventually. Certain jobs will remain safe for decades, but it's only a matter of time for them too.

Robots vs. Anesthesiologists - WSJ.com

Anesthesiologists are high-paying, high-skilled jobs. They'll be gone within the next decade.