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Chris Meyer's avatar

So I had this thought when you posted, and came back around to it this morning. There's a loss of expertise that would come with diluting the time an individual spends in a role. 2x20 hour workers are less experienced than a single 40 hour worker. It's also probably true that the biggest automation gains are coming in the most tedious manual labor. But more and more skilled technicians are required to maintain those machines. And I fear George Jetson up there with his 3 hour workweek will have only Homer Simpson level competency.

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Ann-Kathrin Hitzler's avatar

Love it.

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