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Originally Posted by pest
Humans will never automate themselves out of society. Increased automation will free people to pursue alternative activities. Kind of like tv. A hundred years ago, no one had time to watch tv, so even if it existed, it would be pointless. With more effiecient production (of everything) we had "idle" time to invent, manufacture, and watch tv. Plus there was a whole new industry created just to make programming.
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So everyone will program? There will be 6,000,000,000 positions just for programmers? It's like having 1,000 people to design one car, but these days you can have one guys design a car on his own with a computer.[/quote:a8726]
Yes and no. You keep taking my posts literally, word for word. By programming I meant tv programs, i.e. actors, writers, production assistants, etc, the works. I sited tv as a micro economy, not a macro, just to make a quick point. This isnt a disertation, just an informal discussion. Apply my reply to the economy as a whole, with many industries trasforming into many industries, and I said the same thing you did, just in my words, not yours.
And if you want to be literal, no, one guy doesnt design a car by himself on a computer. You have a team that each has its specialty (frame, powertrain, electrical, yada, yada, yada) and then you need to apply overheads for the admin support, marketing, executive teams, etc. But we dont really want to be literal, do we?