• lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Someone a long time ago estimated that in their future, automation will make us work much less. Guess what, it made us work more even tho the work that has to be done is less

    • Mark with a Z@suppo.fi
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      People find ways to make more from less and then somehow optimize away the gained free time and then some. In that regard, farming was a pretty shit invention.

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      There’s a percentage of jobs out there that even with layoffs, AI, and the rest, are not crucial to the operation and could be eliminated. Ask anyone who is the “main” worker while others do the minimum or less.

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        Marketing is a huge industry, doesn’t really benefit society, and isn’t really needed at all. Executives are mostly useless or even detrimental to their companies. A lot of the financial sector is just gambling.