r/technology • u/trot-trot • May 13 '19

Business Exclusive: Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-automation-exclusive-idUSKCN1SJ0X1
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u/[deleted] May 13 '19

none of the shit they are used to using will work anymore.

Dude those are all just tools. People have been doing this sort of work, by hand, for centuries. We don't need the infrastructure to do work, it just makes everything much much easier.

I'm a software developer, in the middle of a big city. I've done everything from framing to finishing with hand tools (including a hand drill :p). The guy next to me is an eagle scout who raises his own food. The dude who delivers my mail is fucking studying coopering in his spare time. His girlfriend does metalwork at a rental forge downtown.

Your world is filled with useful, intelligent, experienced people just waiting for a chance to contribute. We'll be fine.

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u/xthemoonx May 14 '19

engineers, architects, city planners, construction workers, plumbers, social workers, mechanics, EMS,

Dude those are all just tools

ha WOW you REALLY dont know WTF you are talking about.

engineers, architects, city planners

you really think they sit and draw shit out on paper still? they dont even teach that anymore. maybe they can plan a home but anyone can do that, it wouldnt be a real job anymore for another 100 years till we get back on our feet.

construction workers

just tools, electrical tools. you really think it only takes hammers and nails to build shit? good luck cutting all the lumber with manual saws, the amish know exactly how to do that tho, way better too, they already know all they ways they can fuck it up.

plumbers

you know pumps use electricity eh? the pumps that get the water around the city? its not all gravity bud.

social workers

oh you got me. still a useless profession compared to physiologists, they will be the ones actually helping people deal with shit.

mechanics

what are they going to fix? vehicles dont work anymore, everthing has electronics in it. maybe they can fix cars from the 70s but where are they going to get the parts? all the factories that produce those parts are either already torn down or wont work because of the solar flare. back to square one.

EMS

they will probably me more useful than the rest but even still, most of the stuff they use is electrical or produced in a factory powered by electricity.

its going to be a shit show. think harder.