fj12ryder wrote:
patriotgrunt wrote:
I'm certainly not a fan of self-driving technology and the impact it will have on the job market. What will we do once all the middle-class trucking jobs are replaced with computers? Same could be said for taxi-drivers which would effect larger urban job markets.
What you're saying is the same argument used against automation/robots and factory jobs. And the same old answer given is "Education". Of course one wonders how many amazing jobs are going to materialize out of thin air just because one has more education. I guess you could check with all those engineers: "...engineers are losing their jobs faster than people in a lot of other professions are. Even graduates of the best schools are getting laid off as companies downsize and outsource or offshore operations to other countries."
Guess they just need some more education.
Some good points to think about, thanks guys.
Is it realistic to think that everyone will spend an extra 8 years in school after high school getting the PHD required for the "in-demand" jobs of the future?
IMO, one of the reasons for the recent political unpredictability (both in US, UK, possibly France, and others) is a response from the group of people who feel left behind and discarded. As automation takes over more and more of these types of jobs, the ranks for the "discarded" will continue to grow and they will seek to change that situation by voting.
Just some thoughts that come to mind reading this thread.
