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Originally Posted by GGG
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.
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Nothing ever takes care of itself, humans take care of humans. But even given that it doesn’t always mean the solution is going to be straightforward and if we’re using the industrial revolution as our example, planning ahead is crucial. The industrial revolution saw an increase in jobs, but a decrease is work conditions and poor pay for terrible work. Even children were put to work. The life changing technologies that came from the industrial revolution and changed how we live and work took decades in some cases to see wide adoption. But this industrial revolution is moving at a much more rapid pace that any we’ve seen in our entire history in earth.
“It will take care of itself” seems painfully naive to me.