The robots are coming for our jobs. What will the workplace of tomorrow look like?

in parley-basicincome •  7 years ago 


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>As the anthropologist David Graeber analysed in a memorable rant against Bullshit Jobs, deep down many of us already suspect that what we do for a living is pointless, or even makes the world worse.

People are really going to have to think about what "work" is and our relationship to it.

The idea of slaving away for a paycheck is senseless.

Over the last two decades, we created millions of bullshit jobs just so people have something to do. Now, with Wall Street running most everything, their desire to keep people around is minimal.

If they can automate them out, they will.