Posted on 10/26/2012 11:59:57 AM PDT by Lorianne
And that facile pejorative has been used many, many times. The fact is that both views are correct. While it's absolutely true that a rising wave of technology will eventually lift all boats, the initial tsunami obliterates the low-level jobs it replaces. Imagine a factory that employs 200 people who do nothing but cut cloth according to style and size specifications. Now tell me what happens to those 200 cutters when the factory computerizes the cutting process. The new machines require someone to run them, but only a small percentage of the 200.
I'm all in favor of eliminating what amounts to slave labor by using technology, but until those slaves have degrees in computer science, they still need to feed their families.
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