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Economist mag article about automation of 47% of jobs - Doomer


Posted: Jan 20, 2014

"47% of all jobs to be automated by 2034 and 'no government is prepared' says economist"

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/17/rise-of-the-machines-economist_n_4616931.html

Yes, there is an app for that. - sm

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Read an interesting book Work 2.0 Nowhere to Hide by Sergiusz Prokurat. There is also author's website. Among many points he makes is that, yes, machines will take all the jobs.

And what is up with self-checkout lanes?!? - ETOHPRH

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What is the incentive there anyway? Does the customer get paid minimum wage to check their own stuff out? Do they get a big discount for doing the work of a hired cashier/bagger? Total BS. Wish more people would see it.

I use them when I don't feel like small talk - with strangers. nm

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Well - see msg

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I get myself checked out a heckuva lot quicker than when I have to stand in a line. But that's probably only because people are afraid of them. Once they get comfortable, there will be lines at them as well.

self checkouts - I call those a test trial. NM - Jane Jetson. NM

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Like Larry the Cable Guy says--- - sm

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"I'm here to buy groceries, not to get a part-time job".


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