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0 pointsWalterBright3y ago0 comments

> I've never been convinced that efficiency and automation would result in fewer jobs.

It hasn't in 250 years of automation.

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For how many thousands of years did innovation only increase the employment of horses? Until suddenly their employment suddenly dropped, and hasn't increased in a century.

WalterBrightOP3y ago

Your analogy only works if people are horses. If you could employ a horse as an office manager, you might have something.

paulryanrogers3y ago

Compared to future AI we may be horses. Or even just comparing those who can automate to those who cannot.

Regardless time will tell

c_o_n_v_e_x3y ago

The number of people working in agriculture has shrunk significantly.

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0 pointsWalterBright3y ago0 comments

> I've never been convinced that efficiency and automation would result in fewer jobs.

It hasn't in 250 years of automation.

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paulryanrogers3y ago

For how many thousands of years did innovation only increase the employment of horses? Until suddenly their employment suddenly dropped, and hasn't increased in a century.

WalterBrightOP3y ago

Your analogy only works if people are horses. If you could employ a horse as an office manager, you might have something.

paulryanrogers3y ago

Compared to future AI we may be horses. Or even just comparing those who can automate to those who cannot.

Regardless time will tell

c_o_n_v_e_x3y ago

The number of people working in agriculture has shrunk significantly.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse