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0 pointscollinmanderson5mo ago0 comments

> isn't "we made a machine to do something that people used to do" basically the entire history of of technology?

I know, right? Machines have been gradually replacing humans for centuries. Will we actually get to the point where there are not enough jobs left? It doesn't seem like we're currently anywhere close to the point of not having any jobs available.

Has anyone thought about how the Federal Reserve plays a role with this? Automation puts downward pressure on inflation, because it doesn't cost as much to make stuff. The Federal Reserve will heavily incentivize job creation if inflation is low enough and there aren't enough jobs available, right?

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beeflet5mo ago

We're already here. Most jobs are fake.

collinmandersonOP5mo ago

It seems like the _quality_ of the jobs (or median job) may have gone down, but the _quantity_ of jobs relative to population has remained roughly steady, right?

beeflet5mo ago

I don't mean the quality is bad, it's just that most jobs in the first world seem to be redundant or abstracted from the keys of power.

I think David Graeber wrote a book about it. Here is a guy talking about it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lDTdLQnSQo

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0 pointscollinmanderson5mo ago0 comments

> isn't "we made a machine to do something that people used to do" basically the entire history of of technology?

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beeflet5mo ago

We're already here. Most jobs are fake.

collinmandersonOP5mo ago

It seems like the _quality_ of the jobs (or median job) may have gone down, but the _quantity_ of jobs relative to population has remained roughly steady, right?

beeflet5mo ago

I don't mean the quality is bad, it's just that most jobs in the first world seem to be redundant or abstracted from the keys of power.

I think David Graeber wrote a book about it. Here is a guy talking about it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lDTdLQnSQo

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