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The future, kiss more jobs good bye
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Brian says (9:16 AM): I was looking at houses in Ottawa... I actually have a temptation in me to move
Jeff ******* says (9:19 AM): Eww, Ottawa is gross. It's infested with politicians, and presently, 1 Harper as well.
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Brian says (9:16 AM): I was looking at houses in Ottawa... I actually have a temptation in me to move
Jeff ******* says (9:19 AM): Eww, Ottawa is gross. It's infested with politicians, and presently, 1 Harper as well.
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No one is going to get fired over this. If anything, no child is going to have the chance to make a career as a construction grunt.
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Originally Posted by Athens
Yeah, and that damn refrigerator put all those ice block delivery men out of business. 
Technology moves on. People will pursue other careers.
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Well, with 95% employment - we could afford to lose some jobs.
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When was the last time you talked to a telephone operator to place a local call? To place a long distance call?
Where did all those telephone operators go when the telephone network switches became mechanized and then later electronic?
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Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy
Well, with 95% employment - we could afford to lose some jobs.
That's the spirit. As long as you're working, who gives a damn about others?
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Why is there always money for war, but none for education?
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Originally Posted by vmarks
Where did all those telephone operators go when the telephone network switches became mechanized and then later electronic?
India
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Originally Posted by vmarks
When was the last time you talked to a telephone operator to place a local call? To place a long distance call?
Where did all those telephone operators go when the telephone network switches became mechanized and then later electronic?
From 20.00 a hour jobs to working at McDonalds and wal-marts for 8 bucks a hour. With out enough good paying jobs the system as a whole suffers. All the good paying jobs are being lost like crazy...
Forest jobs (more automation)
Mills (more automation)
Factories
Operators
and then add in tech support departments being based in India with the workers taking a course on how to sound more American lol 50 years from now its going to be wal-marts and McD for the majority of the population.
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Brian says (9:16 AM): I was looking at houses in Ottawa... I actually have a temptation in me to move
Jeff ******* says (9:19 AM): Eww, Ottawa is gross. It's infested with politicians, and presently, 1 Harper as well.
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With the industrial revolution most people left behind the agrarian economy to factory and commercial employment in cities. Similarly, the country has been moving away from the industrial economy toward an informational economy for the last two to three decades. Few decried the loss incurred by farmers, and that was mostly because the transition was immensely positive for the economy. So too has this latest transition reaped considerable benefits. Now whether we're properly preparing our workforce for the long-term ramifications of this transition is the pertinent question. But without question we are on an inexorable path of technological advancement, and thus those who wish to remain fiscally viable will need to adjust with the times. Athens, if you're determined to be a reactionary opposed to such developments, you really should consider shutting down, selling your modern appliances and adopting the luddite label.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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who saids im oppsed to it, orginally i brought it up because it was cool!
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Brian says (9:16 AM): I was looking at houses in Ottawa... I actually have a temptation in me to move
Jeff ******* says (9:19 AM): Eww, Ottawa is gross. It's infested with politicians, and presently, 1 Harper as well.
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The first world (U.S and Western Europe) will be mostly managment, running the m=business and managing the cash flow. most of the labour intensive jobs will be moved to the third world (China, Mexico, India, etc).
As far as IT and tech production jobs....they will all be in China, India & Taiwan.
But ultimately it will all be controlled and coordinated by the first world, with the majority of the surplus(profit), flowing into the first world.
So if your trying to decide on a major and dont want to relocate....
if your in the first world.....pick business, economics, marketing, managment, accounting.
if you are i nthe third world..... manufacturing and I.T.
Of ocurse there will be exceptions to that, but for the most part it looks as though thats what its heading to.
Just my observations and opinions on it all.
Cheers
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Originally Posted by Big Mac
But without question we are on an inexorable path of technological advancement, and thus those who wish to remain fiscally viable will need to adjust with the times.
No, actually "the times", or better, the economy will have to adjust to ensure that humans are "economically viable".
In the end, it will be the people that will decide the fate of the economy, and not the other way around.
It's slowly seeping through, and I am throughly convinced that menial jobs will be fazed out for the west, resulting in people actually becoming way more productve than they are right now.
Citizen's income will adjust, and then solidify the modus operandi of these new economies.
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