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Marshall Brain: We are about to see a seismic shift in the American workforce [View all] txlibdem Mar 2012 OP

REC. KG Mar 2012 #1

Don't use robotic checkouts. Period. CanonRay Mar 2012 #2

And fabric made with automated looms is right out!! nt. harmonicon Mar 2012 #16

There's not much I can personally do about a lot of crrap that's going on CanonRay Mar 2012 #66

Refuse to buy fabric made on automated looms? harmonicon Mar 2012 #67

I avoid them as well mostly because..... Swede Atlanta Mar 2012 #20

As a grocery worker I avoid them like the plague. Codeine Mar 2012 #21

I also no longer bag my own groceries. RadiationTherapy Mar 2012 #22

The first time I went to the grocery store that had self check tech3149 Mar 2012 #25

Exactly. I was at Home Depot one day and the self checkouts were empty. Some salesperson asked me Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #40

That happened to me too. progressoid Mar 2012 #42

Sad. They're employed to help get rid of their jobs. nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #43

I politely decline and tell then why. I don't check myself out to save their jobs. Vincardog Mar 2012 #50

I've been working in television for the last 12 years guitar man Mar 2012 #3

We people have the power. I wouldn't use these kinds of systems. I will not shop in this southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #4

well that cheered me up on this otherwise humdrum day onethatcares Mar 2012 #5

No worries... tex-wyo-dem Mar 2012 #9

"Moore's Law" depends on cheap abundant fossil fuels zazen Mar 2012 #11

Butlerian Jihad MattBaggins Mar 2012 #6

this is news? unblock Mar 2012 #7

Basically why I don't use any except the self-serve gas station. That's because sinkingfeeling Mar 2012 #8

Here in Oregon, there is no such thing as self-serve gas. They pump. Always. Bluenorthwest Mar 2012 #17

I don't think I can drive the 1000 to 2000 miles to either NJ or Oregon to buy gas! sinkingfeeling Mar 2012 #48

NJ has them all over... Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #18

We have one in my town, I use it exclusively. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #30

NJ has mandatory full service gas tabbycat31 Mar 2012 #37

As well as some of the lowest gas prices in the land KamaAina Mar 2012 #74

It's monstrous. nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #10

this is the realm of science fiction tmy236 Mar 2012 #12

Who says we need to maintain this inefficient economy? txlibdem Mar 2012 #79

The other big problem is we're depleting our resources, and so is the rest of the world. nt Selatius Mar 2012 #80

Here's what I do - Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #13

Good on you! dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #31

Good! You know, it'd be good if everyone who didn't participate in it, spoke to the store mgr and Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #32

I looked and looked and finally found the perfect chaises..Sam Moore furniture SoCalDem Mar 2012 #35

Awesome!! Vera Bradley manufactures only in the U.S. - and for those who can't afford them... Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #39

Last year I ordered a table & 6 chairs from a place in Texas SoCalDem Mar 2012 #47

I think we're going to have to start actually asking where they manufacture things, you know? Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #49

Still waiting for the lower prices, too. Brickbat Mar 2012 #14

Me too! Tippy Mar 2012 #15

Don't hold your breath, those massive increaes in productitivity go to buy the CEO another Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #24

+1000. HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #28

It's time for a 32 hour work week. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #19

Hell, way less than that eridani Mar 2012 #64

Yeah, but he ate at McDonald's. randome Mar 2012 #23

A socialist view on robots... dash_bannon Mar 2012 #26

A refreshingly optimistic viewpoint. randome Mar 2012 #29

In a perfect world, this would be the case. dotymed Mar 2012 #34

Then why don't businesses pay their workers a fair living wage? Hugabear Mar 2012 #41

easy. stupidity StarsInHerHair Mar 2012 #62

There's going to have to be a hell of a downside The2ndWheel Mar 2012 #46

Nothing like that comes for free? txlibdem Mar 2012 #77

and customer service goes out the window newspeak Mar 2012 #27

yip Johonny Mar 2012 #53

The inevitability of robotic dotymed Mar 2012 #33

Some people have seen this coming for decades! LongTomH Mar 2012 #36

Great post. I've been calling it the black box singularity. Spike89 Mar 2012 #72

Maker bot gets a thumbs up txlibdem Mar 2012 #78

I almost never put the cart back in the corral at the grocery store XemaSab Mar 2012 #38

It gets worse than that. Zalatix Mar 2012 #44

There is nothing wrong with increasing productivity hedgehog Mar 2012 #45

You forgot about wages. Zalatix Mar 2012 #63

Everybody ignores how this technology will also make our lives tons times better. chrisa Mar 2012 #51

What new jobs will be created? Nothing. There'll simply be fewer jobs and more unemployed. Zalatix Mar 2012 #52

People to maintain and create the new technology, as always chrisa Mar 2012 #58

Trust you? Job growth has lagged behind pop growth for OVER a decade Zalatix Mar 2012 #60

Because we're not creating enough jobs. chrisa Mar 2012 #69

And how is the Government going to create jobs? Zalatix Mar 2012 #70

Response chrisa Mar 2012 #73

Ayup, and we're going to be waiting for decades for that next big thing. Zalatix Mar 2012 #75

because getting out of your car to pump gas is soooo much fun Johonny Mar 2012 #54

The end of full-service gas had nothing to do with technology. chrisa Mar 2012 #59

A voice of reason! Shocking! nt. harmonicon Mar 2012 #68

That argument is a bit moot if the government won't even allocate funds for job training programs. Selatius Mar 2012 #81

Jobs for programming/installing the machines and building/implementing them. Lex Mar 2012 #55

All except the ATM suck something awful and I avoid them. Edweird Mar 2012 #56

I still ride my horsey over to the Long Branch to get my sasparilla. won't catch me dead in one of Gabi Hayes Mar 2012 #57

WalMart took their automated checkouts OUT... Rosco T. Mar 2012 #61

The PC must have generated an even more seismic shift in the 80s. Prometheus Bound Mar 2012 #65

UAW has been saying this for 40 years. Octafish Mar 2012 #71

Which is why I always ask for a clerk. aquart Mar 2012 #76