tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post5562003984463152609..comments2024-03-07T14:43:21.888-08:00Comments on Whatever I want to write about: Will the jobs of tomorrow be about competing for scraps?Sriram Khéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907731254833435446noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-71424211170768244342015-02-03T10:59:47.722-08:002015-02-03T10:59:47.722-08:00Hi Mike, you are welcome to disagree and debate wi...Hi Mike, you are welcome to disagree and debate with me even when the other "argumentative Indian" is around ... well, given that I have now picked up an "argumentative American" as a reader and a friend, you will be all the more in a comfortable environment where we all argue ... we argue not like the we-oppose-anything-you-say idiots who represent us at DC but we argue because we genuinely want to understand the issues ... right? Or, will we have a meta-argument about this itself? ;)<br /><br />There is more that I could have brought in as evidence ... but, didn't because the post was already a tad long. If you are interested, here is what the Economist had to say about the "on demand" economy a couple of weeks ago: http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21637355-freelance-workers-available-moments-notice-will-reshape-nature-companies-andSriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-69004579693246583892015-02-02T22:34:18.755-08:002015-02-02T22:34:18.755-08:00So when you begin your post by stating that your d...So when you begin your post by stating that your debate partner is gone, you're asking me to fill in, right? You've put up with me enough to know that I am qualified!<br />In all seriousness though, while machines are certainly becoming more common I have to see the "robot work force" much like flying cars; even once we have the capability to create such a system, it would upset too many people and require so much regulation that we will never see it.<br /><br />Gone are the days when Henry Ford's men assembled and painted each car by hand, replaced by robotic arms that cost little an work faster (and don't unionize!) but for every new device to replace a human worker there is a job opening for a human to explain how the damned thing works! Even the famous Mechanical Turk was run by a man hiding under the chess board.Mike Hothnoreply@blogger.com