(07-27-2017, 04:52 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(07-27-2017, 03:21 PM)Kane Wrote: https://www.tesla.com/autopilot

How many years away?

I wouldn't worry about all the job losses though. Every technological advance threatens jobs in some way, it is up to people to learn new trades and educate themselves so as to adjust.

That sounds great, but history shows, that doesn't happen.  People don't see the future.   They don't understand that they are going to be losing their jobs.   And when they finally do lose their jobs, they demand the government bail them out.   It happens every time.  

And as soon as the have-nots outnumber the haves, you know what will happen. 

Okay, let me put it in a way that might move some of you.   All these future unemployed people will become Democrats.  Unless we do something about this.

That's silly. You don't become a democrat because you're unemployed. You become a democrat when your social environment around you (parents, teachers, etc) convinces you that you deserve something for nothing and that capitalism is bad.

And we should do something, i.e. Get rid of the majority of welfare programs.

I refuse to believe that technological advances are a bad thing and we need to save the jobs for the idiots you refuse to become better people. If bagging groceries is done by robots... Learn to build robots.
We need to teach our youngsters to not aspire to be things they can't reach. We need to teach them to learn to advance with technology and not get left behind by it.
If we can't. That's a failure on us. And if they refuse, they deserve poverty and everything that comes along with it.

I'd rather just kill off all the dumb people incapable of contributing to society. But I'm sure I'm the minority there.

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