On 17/10/2007, David Orban <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are now Department of Labor predictions of 50%-80% unemployment > rates due to automation of white collar jobs. This in my opinion is > not a small matter either.
On the unemployment question I remain optimistic. If you go back a few hundred years 90% of the population had jobs which were in one way or another involved with agricultural production. Many of these jobs were replaced by automation, especially in the last century, but this doesn't mean that the majority of the population are now unemployed. If the pace of change is too rapid unemployment may result, but humans are creatures of habit and I expect long held traditions to some extent to dampen the effects of introduction of automation. ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=54868205-aa490c
