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To: ilovesarah2012
Right after the interview discusses robots, there is this bit:

What needs to change to prevent people from having to become Nomads or to help them live better if they are?

For one thing, Amazon should pay its workers more and give them better working conditions.

I'm actually very sympathetic to workers who are losing ground or in a bad, hopeless situation. But we have robots because humans are not cost effective. Paying workers more is a losing proposition.

6 posted on 03/10/2018 7:18:56 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (The government cannot protect you and isn't even trying. Self-defense is a right.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“We have met the enemy and he is us.”


10 posted on 03/10/2018 7:22:16 PM PST by Fungi
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To: ClearCase_guy

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Robotic fastfood joints are springing up everywhere because of the steep increases in the minimum wage.

Soon there won’t be any “burger flipper” jobs available.

Before those increases, the front costs of robots were too high to be feasible.
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59 posted on 03/10/2018 8:45:51 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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