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1. zug_zug · 1790775034 · focus · HN ↗

   And my great great grandpa thought horses would lose all their jobs to cars. And they all did and it was never the same again.

   There’s no quick answers, but intuitively I think we all get that the % of jobs not doable by AI and robotics approaches 0 over time.

   1. Pet_Ant · 1790775286 · focus · HN ↗

      Worse, it was just almost all horses. There are a few in Central Park pulling tourists and that’s enough for the Pollyanna’s to point to and go “See! We’ll be fine!”

      1. ForHackernews · 1790775417 · focus · HN ↗

         Presumably you are a human, not a horse, yes? Presumably there is more to your life than dragging around carts all day every day?

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         1. TFNA · 1790776847 · focus · HN ↗

            This is the Chinese century, and even if China charts a somewhat different course than Western capitalism, it still believes that human beings should spend most of their days in some employment, even if it is just makework. A population with mostly leisure time is viewed as very threatening to social stability. I can see that model being exported to the rest of the world far more than I can imagine your utopia.

            1. generic92034 · 1790840915 · focus · HN ↗

               Looking at the age structure of the Chinese population I have doubts that it will be "their century".

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