Business has all the answers on how to eliminate these jobs through automation. The one thing they haven’t answered is this: if so many jobs are done away with, who is going to buy your product? Robots don’t buy anything.
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Business has all the answers on how to eliminate these jobs through automation. The one thing they haven’t answered is this: if so many jobs are done away with, who is going to buy your product? Robots don’t buy anything.
I am a sanity-curious former teacher who writes about social issues, memoirs, and other topics. Follow me on Substack at johnegelkrout.substack.com/subscribe
I'd been asking the same question for years. They are destroying their consumers and hence, their profit.
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Universal Base Income. This is the only solution when shallow work is completely automated.
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...but oh, they already do John. Think automated trading in stocks, bonds and other financial assets.
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