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Originally Posted by Hippie3  my opinion is that the world is changing
and the days of "jobs" being provided to people
is being phased out.
people will need to become entrepreneurs , businessmen & women.
just as slavery and serfdom being abolished
forced people from a guaranteed cradle-to-grave 'job'
into hourly wage where they had to provide for their own selves,
no food or shelter from the lord and master-
you earn your pay and support yourself.
well that too is going away,
at least for many .
robots are part of the problem,
globalization plays a role too
when i was a teen
we joked about becoming gas station attendants,
pumping gas for a living was about all a high school drop-out could expect
but today even that job is gone,
almost all pumps are self-serve automated.
manufacturing and automobile assembly lines are going the same way,
and a robot won't ever demand a vacation or a sick day,
won't go on strike.
so people better learn to start their own business,
the only job security is when you are self-employed. |
Yes, but someone still has to build and program the robots! Technology displaces lower value added jobs for higher value added jobs. I agree though that starting your own business is an option, but most start ups fail and this is still no guarantee.