This is too simple an outlook. Every time in history that technology has displaced human jobs, there has been outrage and resistance. Yet if we look back at many of these examples, it is clear that people in general are much better off. The outcome of lowering production costs results in lower prices and higher availability for the lowest income bracket. Imagine the cost of a shirt before the industrial revolution, versus the $5 price tag currently at Family Dollar.
Yes, the growing pains can be horrible for the people affected, but it's ultimately an unstoppable force and in my opinion a much better approach is to try to help the people affected rather than resist the technology.
Imagine what we would have lost if we had let the Luddites force us to continue with human labor for everything.
Without a doubt, when it happens to a person it hurts and sucks. I am dreading when it happens to me, which I expect is only a few years away. It reminds me of the old saying: a recession is when your neighbor loses his job, a depression is when you lose your job.
Yes, the growing pains can be horrible for the people affected, but it's ultimately an unstoppable force and in my opinion a much better approach is to try to help the people affected rather than resist the technology.
Imagine what we would have lost if we had let the Luddites force us to continue with human labor for everything.
Without a doubt, when it happens to a person it hurts and sucks. I am dreading when it happens to me, which I expect is only a few years away. It reminds me of the old saying: a recession is when your neighbor loses his job, a depression is when you lose your job.