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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5532451" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>When I was in the Air Force sitting in an office with 3 other guys an old sergeant told us it used to take 30 guys to do what we were doing with computers.&nbsp; And that was back when computers were slow.&nbsp; Probably got one guy doing it now.&nbsp; There are things that only a human can do.&nbsp; But the point is technology has advanced to the point that it can not only make it possible for one person to do a task that once took many, eliminating jobs, but it is being developed to eliminate as many jobs as possible that people are still doing at this point.&nbsp; Including white collar desk jobs.&nbsp; Where else have we lost jobs in this country?&nbsp; Jobs shipped overseas due to lower labor costs.&nbsp; A lot of those will be eliminated too.&nbsp; There&#039;s a perennial shortage of truckers.&nbsp; Automated trucks will not only solve that but eliminate a lot of trucking jobs.&nbsp; The list is endless.&nbsp; What you may have is a black market or a huge number of cottage industries develop to create things people want that&#039;ll offset not being able to get a job in areas where jobs have been eliminated.&nbsp; But the big companies are going to do everything possible to increase profits.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5532451, member: 24302"] When I was in the Air Force sitting in an office with 3 other guys an old sergeant told us it used to take 30 guys to do what we were doing with computers. And that was back when computers were slow. Probably got one guy doing it now. There are things that only a human can do. But the point is technology has advanced to the point that it can not only make it possible for one person to do a task that once took many, eliminating jobs, but it is being developed to eliminate as many jobs as possible that people are still doing at this point. Including white collar desk jobs. Where else have we lost jobs in this country? Jobs shipped overseas due to lower labor costs. A lot of those will be eliminated too. There's a perennial shortage of truckers. Automated trucks will not only solve that but eliminate a lot of trucking jobs. The list is endless. What you may have is a black market or a huge number of cottage industries develop to create things people want that'll offset not being able to get a job in areas where jobs have been eliminated. But the big companies are going to do everything possible to increase profits. [/QUOTE]

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