Ancapistan

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Recreational McNukes for all

No dude.

There's even less nukes than gold

This isn't a Bethesda game

*obvious joke is obvious*

Back to serious time

As Automation becomes more prevelant

Automation requires smarts.

Automation requires maintenance.

Robots don't grow on trees.

A very serious conversation is going to have to be had about economics

There will always be a need for people to run the machines

and fix the machines

But you seem to be failing to realize automation was never meant to replace all jobs

It sounds pretty incestuous on a micro level but tell that to car mechanics

Just most jobs

Even Heating and Cooling systems. And Cars.

there are a lot more car mechanics than car manufacturers.

Big time.

There didnt used to be

To produce cars at our current rate without automation would require small armies

And there are a LOT more car manufacturers that people who ever sold or raised horses.

There's just more work.

Saying automation will take away your job is someone who isn't thinking about going to space.

And *How* many Cars are in America?

The three most common jobs in the states are as follows

Retail/food service
Trucking (my profession)
And office clerical work/administration

All of these are replacable

Can you make a truck that will fix itself?

You can make a robot to fix a truck

People were worried about this with the replacement of horses, having cars that move themselves

Most of truck repairs are maintenance

But you can't replace a actual person making these decisions and diagnostics.

And even then there are a finite number of truck mechanics jobs

Yes you can

That's more expensive than just taking a person who knows how to fix up his own truck.

Diagnostics are already largely done by computer

Some things require fine motor skills in tight spaces machines will never achieve in our lifetimes

But that still reduces the number of jobs that exist