stux⚡️Professional at work
Gary Parker@stux you see a “professional at work”, I see a 5-person team losing a day’s work to 1 person and a machine
(I’m joking. But I genuinely find it interesting and funny how attitudes towards this kinda thing change over time)
Sector9
Cassandrich@Sector9 @witewulf @stux I see one person who (like everyone) should have a 5 hour work week, because we have the capability not to need everybody working 40-60 hours a week doing bullshit. We don't have to make up more stuff to do. Just meet our needs more efficiently, mostly with machines, then fucking STOP.
@dalias @Sector9 @stux so you'd be happy if 80% (I'm assuming a 40hr work week) of your work (and pay) was taken away because a machine (regardless of it's perceived ability) was doing it?
Or are you saying that 80% of the work you do is pointless and you shouldn’t be doing it (and being paid for it) in the first place?
SwindlerOfInsanity@witewulf @dalias @Sector9 @stux wages could be increased to allow people to work reduced time and still make a living wage. In theory this is what technological advances should be doing whenever they improve productivity. In practice historically improvements in automation increase or hold steady working hours because its viewed as a way to double profits instead of reducing work hours.