Who will it affect first?
How far out is it?
How will Americans survive the inevitability of huge job loss where the job market is already slimmed down because of automation?
This period of history isn't set to be like other periods of history where technology actually opened up new job markets and industries creating new jobs the world adapted to. This is a period where robots will literally remove humans from jobs and other robots will take over new jobs created from that automation.
Would love to hear theories from others on how this will affect unemployment and possible solutions that will be implemented because of the coming displacement.
This is a very real scenario that will be coming about in the next couple of decades and will affect 10's of millions of people.
Thoughts, theories, solutions?
>>135174855
Not much since you don't have factories anyway, it will fuck up countries like China though.
Germany has conducted experiments with Nike on automated mini-factories that are supposed to reduce the logistical chain between producer and consumer, making stuff like selling cheaper custom designs commercially viable.
https://www.economist.com/news/business/21714394-making-trainers-robots-and-3d-printers-adidass-high-tech-factory-brings-production-back