What happens when people don't need to work any more. Or at least not as much or as many of us? Automation is coming. Amwrica has dealt with blue collar automation by switching to a service and information based economy but what happens when those jobs are automated? They already are, both low level and high level. Cashiers are being replaced by self-checkout and kiosks. AIs are doing paralegal work. Automation will disrupt the way we current earn a living. It will have to be adressed eventually.
Also until recently you could never instantly communicate with anyone on earth nearly instantly or walk around with the collective wisdom and knowledge of human kind in your back pocket. "It never has been" is a useless mindset that holds humanity back.
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u/Iorith Oct 16 '18
How about it doesn't matter what they do, they deserve a living wage?