alt Hacker Newsare there examples of jobs going obsolete being a net harm to society, over a long time scale?
surely it's good to reduce the amount of menial labour being performed in the world
are there examples of jobs going obsolete being a net harm to society, over a long time scale?
surely it's good to reduce the amount of menial labour being performed in the world
The loss of manufacturing jobs and the movement of jobs in to services has been hard for the US, and is basically where MAGA came from, which I would say is a net harm to society. We wouldn't be arguing about Waymo right now if those Uber drivers had better jobs making things instead of being forced into gig work.