http://techliberation.com/2006/12/15/a-jobless-future/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2006/12/15/a-jobless-future/comment-page-1/#comment-36419 MikeT Sun, 17 Dec 2006 02:06:23 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/12/15/a-jobless-future/#comment-36419 <p>Call me old fashioned, but I do not consider this an unambiguous good. I think if anything this will further increase the rate of collectivism in America. People need to work to see their wealth. It's just how we are. The laziness that this would bring about would end up largely creating a society that would rather consume wealth than create it.</p> Call me old fashioned, but I do not consider this an unambiguous good. I think if anything this will further increase the rate of collectivism in America. People need to work to see their wealth. It’s just how we are. The laziness that this would bring about would end up largely creating a society that would rather consume wealth than create it.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2006/12/15/a-jobless-future/comment-page-1/#comment-54583 MikeT Sun, 17 Dec 2006 02:06:23 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/12/15/a-jobless-future/#comment-54583 <p>Call me old fashioned, but I do not consider this an unambiguous good. I think if anything this will further increase the rate of collectivism in America. People need to work to see their wealth. It's just how we are. The laziness that this would bring about would end up largely creating a society that would rather consume wealth than create it.</p> Call me old fashioned, but I do not consider this an unambiguous good. I think if anything this will further increase the rate of collectivism in America. People need to work to see their wealth. It’s just how we are. The laziness that this would bring about would end up largely creating a society that would rather consume wealth than create it.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2006/12/15/a-jobless-future/comment-page-1/#comment-36418 Erik Schmidt Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:15:07 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/12/15/a-jobless-future/#comment-36418 <p>This reminds me of the (supposed) origins of the term "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabotage#Workplace_sabotage" rel="nofollow">sabotage</a>." Fear of automation and specialization has been around for a long time. There are other things that might be disturbing about having too many robots around; humans ceding too much decisionmaking authority, for example. But having robots do mindless, repetitive tasks seems to militate in favor of pushing human advantages (creative thinking, insight, flexibility, empathy) into the foreground in the workplace. Does anyone really enjoy filling out TPS reports, or pulling fries out of a vat?</p> This reminds me of the (supposed) origins of the term “sabotage.” Fear of automation and specialization has been around for a long time. There are other things that might be disturbing about having too many robots around; humans ceding too much decisionmaking authority, for example. But having robots do mindless, repetitive tasks seems to militate in favor of pushing human advantages (creative thinking, insight, flexibility, empathy) into the foreground in the workplace. Does anyone really enjoy filling out TPS reports, or pulling fries out of a vat?

]]> http://techliberation.com/2006/12/15/a-jobless-future/comment-page-1/#comment-54582 Erik Schmidt Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:15:07 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/12/15/a-jobless-future/#comment-54582 <p>This reminds me of the (supposed) origins of the term "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabotage#Workplace_sabotage" rel="nofollow">sabotage</a>." Fear of automation and specialization has been around for a long time. There are other things that might be disturbing about having too many robots around; humans ceding too much decisionmaking authority, for example. But having robots do mindless, repetitive tasks seems to militate in favor of pushing human advantages (creative thinking, insight, flexibility, empathy) into the foreground in the workplace. Does anyone really enjoy filling out TPS reports, or pulling fries out of a vat?</p> This reminds me of the (supposed) origins of the term “sabotage.” Fear of automation and specialization has been around for a long time. There are other things that might be disturbing about having too many robots around; humans ceding too much decisionmaking authority, for example. But having robots do mindless, repetitive tasks seems to militate in favor of pushing human advantages (creative thinking, insight, flexibility, empathy) into the foreground in the workplace. Does anyone really enjoy filling out TPS reports, or pulling fries out of a vat?

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