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arcologies1985yesterday at 3:59 PM2 repliesview on HN

The evidence has shown that this thinking is flawed - disruption of jobs in an industry causes a slow, wrenching, scarring adjustment process that increases the load on welfare programs and makes quality of life broadly worse: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/g-s1-47352/why-economists-got...


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nemomarxyesterday at 4:03 PM

sure but after 3-5 generations it works out, like with farming and weaving. just gotta wait longer!

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seanmcdirmidtoday at 12:57 AM

so ease the robotaxis in now then rather than waiting 30 years.