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Hortensis

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5. Well, bet Canada will be before us. Canada's fairly well to do

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 4, 2016, 04:00 PM

Sep 2016

these days. I can see the day coming when 24- to 30-hour workweeks for living wages in Canada will have a bunch of people readjusting their expectations down here.

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Study Says Automation May Replace 40% of Canadians in Just 10 to 20 Years [View all] KamaAina Sep 2016 OP

We (and not just USA) better figure out how we deal with this soon. But we won't. Hoyt Sep 2016 #1

Well, bet Canada will be before us. Canada's fairly well to do Hortensis Sep 2016 #5

I know the Republican response... yallerdawg Sep 2016 #8

+1, automation eats up way more jobs than out sourcing but out sourcing takes away thr uponit7771 Sep 2016 #2

K&R Board of directors at large corporations are insane. How will jobless people buy their products? Jeffersons Ghost Sep 2016 #3

At this point, it would be possible for restaurants to automate most server duties TCJ70 Sep 2016 #4

Machines Reshape More Jobs Than They Destroy progressoid Sep 2016 #6

One day we will be at "war" against the machines madville Sep 2016 #7

Someone should start working on a lawyer AI at once! KamaAina Sep 2016 #12

Mechanization did the same and more to agriculture. We will have to restructure pampango Sep 2016 #9

Robots can make poutine and/or work the counter at a Tim Hortons? NightWatcher Sep 2016 #10

Or play hockey? KamaAina Sep 2016 #11