If jobs are “lost” because robots are doing more work, why is it a problem that the population is aging and there are fewer in “working age”? Shouldn’t the two effects sort of cancel each other out?
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The kind of jobs being automated out are not the kind ageing workers are doing. Seniors are more likely to be higher up on the work life ladder due to sheer amount of experience. The jobs being lost nowadays are middle class white collar jobs. Industry has been automated to almost full extend already since the 90’s. The next jobs to go are going to be service industry and logistics. Drivers, cooks, cashiers. AI is replacing professionals like lawyers, analysis, management…
And the added value and wealth from this automation goes upwards and accumulates among fewer people.
Then add on top the fact that no society yet has figured out how to ensure that the lower rungs of the society dont starve or just “barely manage it”.
There are no more good jobs that add value and wealth, which then can be taxed to ensure society functions. Most western societies don’t even produce anything anymore really, they primarily run on financial services and service industry – which don’t actually make anything real.
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