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Computers, Unemployment and Wealth Creation

Posted by Hemos on from the the-big-questions-of-life dept.

Andy Oram writes "Anyone who writes programs or plans system deployment should start thinking, "What can I do to bring average people back into the process of wealth creation?" A few suggestions."

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  1. Good grief... by CommieLib · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yet another cry out that changes in technology are going to "historically" destroy jobs.

    I'm too bored with this line of thinking to even trot out the buggy whip analogy. Please save me the effort and just read this:

    Creative Destruction, again

    This has happened a thousand times before, but somehow, this time is different. Whatever.

    --
    If your bitterest enemies are people who hack the heads off civilians, then I would say you're doing something right.