> Performing the same task for 90 minutes, much less an 8 hour shift, is awful on the body, and even worse on the mind. Humans don't make great robots, and it's not great to ask a human do a job that should be done by a robot.
Then you have to take the next step and ask: why do they do it? If it’s tedious, unsatisfying, lacks prestige, and is utterly demoralizing, what possible reason could somebody have to do it? Either the worker is insane, or else...
That was the fill in the blank answer I was hinting at. They don’t have a better prospect, and that they can only choose from a weaker or more complicated/risky set of options after losing their current job
Exactly. And these people are usually automated out, not moved to some other position. And if they were working this non exiting job before, what guarantees they have thet after automation they magically will land an interesting and fulfilling role.
Well one guarantee is - according to scientific consensus - that this exact same process has been working for the last 200 years, and previously people have always gotten better jobs and a higher standard of living. You think the people working farm jobs or sweatshops had better opportunities at the time their jobs were automated away?
