For those who saw my talk in NYC ....
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@ajstringham said:
When one person's job becomes obsolete, there are many new jobs created. The computer rendered people who worked on typewriters obsolete, but enter the age of the computer tech. As one door closes, so does another open.
Unless it is the door that is obsolete. Then who knows what happens.
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@ajstringham said:
When one person's job becomes obsolete, there are many new jobs created. The computer rendered people who worked on typewriters obsolete, but enter the age of the computer tech. As one door closes, so does another open.
Sadly, I think we've entered an age when technological change no longer results in new jobs. I think we can see this with the current mass unemployment in Europe and US, which I don't think is going to go away. Keynes predicted that we'd all be working for just 20 hours a week by now and would have loads of leisure time to enjoy. Unfortunately it hasn't worked out like that. Some of us are working 60 hours a week and some of us are working zero hours a week - madness.
I didn't see your talk though @scottalanmiller. Synopsis?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@ajstringham said:
When one person's job becomes obsolete, there are many new jobs created. The computer rendered people who worked on typewriters obsolete, but enter the age of the computer tech. As one door closes, so does another open.
Unless it is the door that is obsolete. Then who knows what happens.
There are fundamental rules to economics, work, and life in general. Nothing ever just ends without leaving something in front of you. Even if it seems like you've walked through, closed one door and there is nothing in front of you, the nothing is the opportunity. When something disappears, it's not a black hole in front of it. It's just a spot that you need to build a new something.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
@ajstringham said:
When one person's job becomes obsolete, there are many new jobs created. The computer rendered people who worked on typewriters obsolete, but enter the age of the computer tech. As one door closes, so does another open.
Sadly, I think we've entered an age when technological change no longer results in new jobs. I think we can see this with the current mass unemployment in Europe and US, which I don't think is going to go away. Keynes predicted that we'd all be working for just 20 hours a week by now and would have loads of leisure time to enjoy. Unfortunately it hasn't worked out like that. Some of us are working 60 hours a week and some of us are working zero hours a week - madness.
I didn't see your talk though @scottalanmiller. Synopsis?
Yes, but they thought we'd have flying cars and self-drying clothes by now too. BTTF wasn't right either. We can't let delusional expectations make us all cynics.
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@ajstringham
In a utopian environment you might be right. But we are quite far from that. I believe that mass human nature is much more lazy that you give it credit.Two movies come to mind.
- Wall-e: This shows how technology so completely takes over the day to day that people become fat lazy blobs with little to no desire to accomplish much.
- Matrix: I agree with Mr Smith when he says that our minds would reject a utopian environment because (this is where my opinion steps in) as a species we thrive on conflict.
I'm not sure the human race could ever exist as is indicated in Star Trek TNG's timeline, where there is no poverty and people work simply because they enjoy it, or the advancement of self knowledge.
As technology takes over more and more of the mundane, I think we're going to end up more like the move Atlas Shrugged - heck we're already mostly there - with mass unemployment and the ultra rich.
I didn't see your talk either Scott.
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@ajstringham said:
Yes, but they thought we'd have flying cars and self-drying clothes by now too. BTTF wasn't right either. We can't let delusional expectations make us all cynics.
I want my hooverboard!!!
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@Katie said:
@ajstringham said:
Yes, but they thought we'd have flying cars and self-drying clothes by now too. BTTF wasn't right either. We can't let delusional expectations make us all cynics.
I want my hooverboard!!!
Play WildStar! You get one at level 25.
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@Dashrender said:
@ajstringham
In a utopian environment you might be right. But we are quite far from that. I believe that mass human nature is much more lazy that you give it credit.Two movies come to mind.
- Wall-e: This shows how technology so completely takes over the day to day that people become fat lazy blobs with little to no desire to accomplish much.
- Matrix: I agree with Mr Smith when he says that our minds would reject a utopian environment because (this is where my opinion steps in) as a species we thrive on conflict.
I'm not sure the human race could ever exist as is indicated in Star Trek TNG's timeline, where there is no poverty and people work simply because they enjoy it, or the advancement of self knowledge.
As technology takes over more and more of the mundane, I think we're going to end up more like the move Atlas Shrugged - heck we're already mostly there - with mass unemployment and the ultra rich.
I didn't see your talk either Scott.
Actually the talk was the opposite. The more things change the more it benefits IT.
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how is that the opposite?
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