Robots/computers/progams are the future. If you don't want to be replaced, specialize and make yourself indispensable. An education is step one for that. I dont feel that bad for minimum wage workers getting replaced by technology... it aas inevitable.

(08-21-2014 03:20 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Robots/computers/progams are the future. If you don't want to be replaced, specialize and make yourself indispensable. An education is step one for that. I dont feel that bad for minimum wage workers getting replaced by technology... it aas inevitable.

But its not going to be just minimum wage workers. Robots are eventually going displace engineers, lawyers and ever doctors. Everything that is currently being exported to third world is a job ripe for automation.

(08-21-2014 03:23 PM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(08-21-2014 03:20 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Robots/computers/progams are the future. If you don't want to be replaced, specialize and make yourself indispensable. An education is step one for that. I dont feel that bad for minimum wage workers getting replaced by technology... it aas inevitable.

But its not going to be just minimum wage workers. Robots are eventually going displace engineers, lawyers and ever doctors. Everything that is currently being exported to third world is a job ripe for automation.

What is your solution? A stifling of technology innovation?

(08-21-2014 03:20 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Robots/computers/progams are the future. If you don't want to be replaced, specialize and make yourself indispensable. An education is step one for that. I dont feel that bad for minimum wage workers getting replaced by technology... it aas inevitable.

The first setup in being indispensable is to realize that nobody is indispensable

(08-21-2014 03:25 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  

(08-21-2014 03:23 PM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(08-21-2014 03:20 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Robots/computers/progams are the future. If you don't want to be replaced, specialize and make yourself indispensable. An education is step one for that. I dont feel that bad for minimum wage workers getting replaced by technology... it aas inevitable.

But its not going to be just minimum wage workers. Robots are eventually going displace engineers, lawyers and ever doctors. Everything that is currently being exported to third world is a job ripe for automation.

What is your solution? A stifling of technology innovation?

I don't think automation is a bad thing. Obviously, the modern economy is not suited to mass unemployment that results from robotic displacement. The transition to functional post scarcity is going to be difficult and I think it will require a fundamental paradigm shift regarding work especially since most of it will be incapable of generating a profit.

Doctors, engineers, an lawyers aren't going to be replaced completely, but increases in automation might cut down on hiring levels. It may actually cut more paralegals, physician assistants, etc. before it cuts the high end jobs.

(08-21-2014 03:20 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Robots/computers/progams are the future. If you don't want to be replaced, specialize and make yourself indispensable. An education is step one for that. I dont feel that bad for minimum wage workers getting replaced by technology... it aas inevitable.

I'd suggest a young person that can not afford or is motivated to a college career to achieve that indispensability... do whatever it takes to hone their skills in things that robots can not do....plumbing...laying bricks...auto repair...carpentry...ect.

America needs to revamp its education system to put these kids on tracks earlier to teach them trade skills. We also need to bring back apprenticeships....even during HS would be fine with me. A motivated person can make a fine living in skilled trades.

(08-21-2014 03:23 PM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(08-21-2014 03:20 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Robots/computers/progams are the future. If you don't want to be replaced, specialize and make yourself indispensable. An education is step one for that. I dont feel that bad for minimum wage workers getting replaced by technology... it aas inevitable.

But its not going to be just minimum wage workers. Robots are eventually going displace engineers, lawyers and ever doctors. Everything that is currently being exported to third world is a job ripe for automation.

Until robots can repair and make themselves? Someone human will have the job. I think we are way over exaggerating the future of robot technology. There are tons of things that robots simply are not cost effective and are too "human" in nature to do. Having a "Data like" creature in our lives is science fiction. I am not saying it is impossible...just that we are light years from anything like that.

If we leap forward with nanotechnology like some predict...it would change the paradigm completely. Being able to manufacture things at the atomic level would turn human endeavors in entire different directions world wide. Ray Kurzweil has explored the subject pretty good in his book "the singularity" Crazy stuff...but...fun to think about.