-
Our New Robot Overlords Are Laughing At Us
-
While Trump threatens to hit companies with a 35% tariff for off-shoring jobs, which would likely just make goods cost more, the other alternative is to "bring those jobs back home," where they'll almost certainly not be filled by humans. Take a look at warehouses like Amazon's that are fulfilling orders this Holiday season: They're increasingly populated by robots and automation. Tariffs, protectionism, whatever: Trump isn't addressing the future, the Democrats didn't, nobody is. Jobs are going away, many have already gone away, and they aren't coming back, not with laws, not with prayer. We need to deal with what to do about millions of working-class people -- and middle-class, and even upper-class -- whose jobs won't exist in coming years. (Washington Post; Los Angeles Times)
Have an opinion? Add your comment below.