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A Boring Dystopia
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I actually don't want to work at a factory. I want robots to do that for me and I want the products to be cheap so I can buy cool stuff to do more interesting things.
Like I don't want to weld parts and stuff, I want to make lasers from those parts.
I don't want to melt glass. I want to use lenses to make images.
I don't want to dig for shit. I want to use that stuff to make rocket fuel.
We don't want factory jobs. We want technology jobs.
But someone, somewhere is doing the grunt work. We're nowhere near replacing manual labor. Hell, a robot with 10x our current capabilities couldn't do my dumbass job at Lowe's, and it certainly couldn't talk to customers with decades of DIY and plant experience.
And BTW, I'm with you on all the above. Bet we'd be tight.
If you are clever enough for that creative work, why don't you use that creativity to make those jobs?
The uncomfortable problem is that manufacturing jobs dind't move to China for the cheap workers but for the cheap engineers and managers who run the factories.
Production won't come back because there are not enough clever people in the USA.
Thanks for the insight.