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CK_John

(10,005 posts) Tue Jul 3, 2018, 08:35 PM Jul 2018

No matter who is placed on the Supreme Court and the others. Our society will have

a whole new set of problems.
How to handle Gigs instead of jobs, 60% of the population out of work due to automation.

The only 2 fields that may be safe from automation's is a glass blower and welder.

The next 50yrs will be a mean learning curve.

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No matter who is placed on the Supreme Court and the others. Our society will have (Original Post) CK_John Jul 2018 OP

Health care should be good for a while dhol82 Jul 2018 #1

The gig economy is stalling out FSogol Jul 2018 #2

All we knoa about the future is, we don't know anything... First Speaker Jul 2018 #3

most "high touch" jobs will remain lapfog_1 Jul 2018 #4

dhol82

(9,352 posts)

1. Health care should be good for a while

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 08:38 PM

Jul 2018

Won’t tank until robotics gets a lot better.

FSogol

(45,480 posts)

2. The gig economy is stalling out

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 08:40 PM

Jul 2018

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/business/economy/work-gig-economy.html

No change in the amount of gig jobs when compared to 10 or 20 years ago. Dust off that crystal ball.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

3. All we knoa about the future is, we don't know anything...

Reply to FSogol (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 08:42 PM

Jul 2018

lapfog_1

(29,199 posts)

4. most "high touch" jobs will remain

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 08:44 PM

Jul 2018

anything that involves more than a modest amount of creativity.

Artisans, wedding planners, some high tech jobs, musicians, etc, etc.

However, the rub will be that these creative people will want to be paid... and the vast majority will be in make work jobs earning minimum wage... or possibly on some sort of guaranteed income. Will those be able to pay for the creative people?

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