Those coal mining jobs are coming back though. (Who could have predicted that would be a winning campaign promise.)
Some jobs should be automated. I read somewhere they are starting to use robots in slaughterhouses. Not this, but it’s what I find with a Google search: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/01/robots_are_getting_into_the_meatpacking_business.html From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Lewis Bergman Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 12:11 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation Is that part of making America great again? On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 12:09 PM Seth Mattinen <se...@rollernet.us <mailto:se...@rollernet.us> > wrote: On 1/9/17 08:24, Ken Hohhof wrote: > Interesting how DIY and automation have changed things, used to be you’d > give a neighbor a key and pay their kid a few bucks to feed your pets > and check the water heater. Now that kid is unemployed and watching > ISIS videos on the Internet in his parents basement. Or he’s driving > for Uber, until they switch to self-driving cars, then he’s unemployed > in his parents basement doing you know. Do you see how you’re > contributing to the end of life as we know it? Automation is gonna happen, can't rely on menial task jobs forever unless everyone gets nuked back to the basics. ~Seth
