I Disapprove Of How Society Rejects Some People

Neither will a country prosper if its full of lawyers and doctors. There is worth in every job. @dondon

@Carissimi no because anyone can sweep the floor, not everyone can do more complicated things. And we are going to automate all those simple things.

@dondon You assume shop workers, and sanitation workers are uneducated. One, it’s a wrong assumption, and two, a typical arrogance toward working class people.

@Carissimi That assumption is totaly valid, you will not see many of those with a masters degree. I'm sure there are some exceptions but there will be few. It's not arrogance it's reality and that why it's going to be an issue in the comming years because these people can't adopt very well to the change in work environment.

@dondon I do not entirely agree. Primarily the lack of access to or interest in an education will ensure that labor intensive jobs exist. Unless we as a nation are going to move back to agrarian society, where people have to live on the food they raise. Or if we move the other way where we provide a basic income for everyone until their bodies break down from lack of use, improper diet, the immediate future is mostly a rerun.

@MadMaximus [quote]primarily the lack of access to or interest in an education will ensure that labor intensive jobs exist. [/quote] Jobs exist because of needs, not the other way around. Within the next 10 years you will see transport becomming automated. Warehouses are already capable of being fully automated. So lower educated people will need to find alternatives, or they will become more obsolete.

@dondon so, what becomes of all of the obsolete people? Do they fend for themselves and become a subset agrarian culture or do the extremely wealthy take less and we pay them to sit at home? Or are there options I haven't thought about? Thunderdome?

@MadMaximus Well that is the problem that needs to be solved. Do we all work less, do we introduce basic income. Do we invest more in education? Are there alternative jobs or do the roles people perform change? Or do we just get more homeless?

@dondon Education was the plan and it should be the solution. Smaller class sizes, better curriculum based more upon the needs of the world, incentives to attract and keep better teachers and getting people interested in more than the fantasy lives of the rich and famous would be a great start.

@MadMaximus If peoples intelect is the bottleneck that won't work that well sadly.

If you are right and follow it through eventually even the very high paying jobs will be taken over by automation. Some has now it’s more automated even to find a cure or vaccine for this virus. Think about it these jobs are only for this reason.then the people are put back on the shelf. Be careful when climbing a ladder remember you may need to use the same rungs coming back down.@dondon

@Repete That is the threat that AI poses and why people like Elon Musk worry about it.

And they may be right but I think as long as there is people thinking they are to good to do manual labor there will always be some willing to get their hands dirty and the pay may even be higher machines and computers can do many great things but even they are not perfect in everything.@dondon

@Repete It's not about what people are willing to do, it's about what gets the job done economically. You could get more craftsman ship like with beer right now for example. But again those other types of jobs will dissapear.

Become rare maybe but disappear I think not but that’s where we disagree I for one will take the work of a craftsman over the automated prefab homes built today . I’ve seen both and seen some of the problems relying on automation. Check the recalls @dondon

@Repete Then you don't understand the problem.

Or you don’t . I’m going to respectfully disagree and hope we can agree to disagree. Have a good day.@dondon