As I see more and more people

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 17:39:00 +0000

As I see more and more people as 8-10 hr/day baristas or other intense service industry labor types, I'm wondering more and more what we think of as "good" jobs. Software jobs are more and more like factory production lines - sit and churn out code as fast as possible. Doctor jobs are fast examine, write up, next patient please whole dealing with insurance and pharmaceutical and government pressures. Half of "business development" is cold calling and web analytics. Much of the future growth will be taking care of old people as personal assistants caring for the most minute hygiene. Any of the graceful enjoyable parts of work are being wrung out of the system - "getting to know the customer" is a bunch of web transactions with maybe a couple phone calls. And as someone noted, the greatest minds of today are focused on trying to get people to click on more ads and "stuff". So what is it we found noble about work, and does it still exist?

P$ - automation software is essentially "robots" as well, missing a few of the physical components, but with cameras, scanners, IoT sensors, mobile phone location, et al, the difference becomes less dramatic.

On getting there: I think

artappraiser — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 17:03:20 +0000

In reply to Will Robots Set Us Free?

On getting there: I think this essay is good and related, gig work is also future reality, not the least of which because many educated millennials accept it, prefer the freedom of choice, think like they already have the agency to get well paid at what they enjoy doing when they really don't. One can either amp up the government safety net or start changing the way gig workers are treated by regulations as the gig economy develops further, and/or new kinds of unionization that agitate for the same. It goes into how some in the EU are ahead of us in starting solutions to employers using free-lancers to cut costs and thereby keep the hamster wheel running or even accelerating it:

The Gig Economy's Great Delusion

By Clara Hendriksen @ BostonReview.net, Jan. 8

Also everyone should welcome this guy running for president who is so far merely trying to point out the problem is coming and we haven't even begun to think about it.

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As I see more and more people

On getting there: I think