It's a good thing that people's jobs become irrelevant. You know what you do when technology replaces jobs? You don't create more worthless office jobs, but you shorten the workweek while still getting paid the same. Technology should replace jobs. There is no need to work 40 hours anymore. Do you know what would create millions of jobs? Digging ditches with spoons, go back to 17th century farm techniques, and cutting down trees with an axe. Of course, doing this would be silly, but it illustrates that there is an increasing number of worthless office jobs. On Feb 17, 2012, at 10:17 PM, Eric Walker wrote:
> Technological development is very welcome, in part for the increase in > productivity that it brings and for its connection to economic growth. But > the introduction of significant gains in productivity is a two-edged sword. > It can often lead to people's skills becoming irrelevant and their positions > redundant. > > For long-term economic growth and increased purchasing power on the part of > consumers, I don't see how you can get around an intelligent social policy of > some kind, one that focuses on education and the development of skills needed > for the workplace, including, of course, technological ones. I see a similar > need for well-conceived energy and scientific research policies. Whatever > inefficiencies there have been, governments have been central to driving > change in these areas for many decades. > > Eric > > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Jarold McWilliams <oldja...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > I agree with you that science and technology is the most important for growth > in society. The only way to improve the economy is to improve science and > technology. Average people and average business owners don't see the > benefits of improvements in technology. Average people can only think about > the way it has always been done. This is why a government with good leaders > can significantly increase funding in science and technology. This means a > government with good leaders is much more efficient than what we are > currently doing. >
