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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
I don’t see a scenario where we can avoid that situation. Looking at it super simply (my favourite):
- there are more people every day
- every company on the planet looks for efficiencies constantly
- technology is a runaway train
I just don’t see a future where enough jobs exist for people to work. Maybe we can split aside some “legacy careers” that require more experienced people, and have everybody else retire at 40? Or younger?
Forget telling me about how UBI is a great idea or a terrible idea, and somebody tell me how there are enough jobs for people aged 17-65 in 30 years.
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Why is the next 40 years different from the previous 2000?
There was a time where the only job available was food gathering and hunting. But once agriculture made that obsolete tell me how there was enough jobs?
The efficiency gains currently being made are nothing compared to the industrial revolution and they didn’t run out of jobs then either.
In general “running out” of jobs means the cost of producing sufficient food and energy has decreased and as a result less labour is spent on this activity and more can be spent on luxury. That luxury can be spare time or it can be consuming other goods and services.
So don’t worry about it, it will take care of itself.