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salvorhardin

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3. Oh, I agree, and throw in four day work weeks (or six hour days)

Wed Aug 22, 2012, 11:52 AM

Aug 2012

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I think the economy has been fundamentally altered over the past 20 years, and it is never going back. Automation (driverless cars, increased use of industrial robots for even delicate tasks, AI software "assistants", etc.) is going to obviate many, many jobs to the point where I think not even service jobs will be immune. We either need to alter what a 'job' means, or get used to a massively dystopian society.

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The Luddite Fallacy Fallacy [View all] salvorhardin Aug 2012 OP

Nice. I agree. nt longship Aug 2012 #1

This Is Why I Argued for a Lower Retirement Age Yavin4 Aug 2012 #2

Oh, I agree, and throw in four day work weeks (or six hour days) salvorhardin Aug 2012 #3

I use to work as Litigation Paralegal for Law Large firms Yavin4 Aug 2012 #4

And that's a shame. Legal secretaries are some of the most awesome professionals Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #5

Software Applications like Outlook, Word, Sharepoint, Adobe, etc. Yavin4 Aug 2012 #7

One of my best contracts was working in one of the country's largest Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #10

If you have to commute a six hour day sucks.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #11

90% of our economy as it now exists needs to be put down with extreme prejudice. hunter Aug 2012 #6

Yes salvorhardin Aug 2012 #9

fallacies! BOG PERSON Aug 2012 #8