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To: roadcat

That’ll be the salvation of working class people with at least some skill in a trade. Robotics aren’t warranted below a certain volume threshold, the dollars don’t add up. Robots aren’t creative, the can’t see a need let alone create something that is an entirely new niche. These tools, CAD, CNC lasers and lathes, at the hands of someone with aptitude and vision will employ tens or maybe hundreds. Scattered across the country, it adds up.


36 posted on 12/05/2016 12:23:17 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry
That’ll be the salvation of working class people with at least some skill in a trade.

I encourage young people to pick up skills in trades. Son-in-law's parents encouraged that in their kids, all five grown up now are successful and self-employed. Their daughter became a contractor and built their home for the parents. My daughter worked alongside me in building tool sheds and such, then got a job in college repairing dorms between terms. She remodeled her husband's house, better than him at construction. As for me, I got jobs as a teen working with machine tools. Useful even though I later worked primarily in IT, and am now retired doing carpentry as a hobby. Everyone needs a skill to fall back on, if necessary. Friend of mine was a nurse, but doing machine work as a hobby. He began making replacement components for old classic cars and now owns a big machine shop. Robots can't fix plumbing, do home remodeling, or set up machine equipment for a job. No reason for a teen to only think of selling french fries.

37 posted on 12/05/2016 1:42:30 PM PST by roadcat
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