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[–] girltwink@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the thing that has always driven me crazy about our way of speaking about these things. Politicians say "we created x jobs" like it's something to optimize for. People fear automation because it takes away their livelihoods. But, automating work and eliminating jobs should make people's lives... better? Why doesn't it actually? Where did the wires get crossed?

Why did we incentivize making humans suffer, at a grand societal level? Are we insane?

[–] Frittiert@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

But, automating work and eliminating jobs should make people's lives... better?

Sure, but not yours or mine, it seems.