B-street can attest to this effect in WV. There are not always jobs.

When I left the 304 in 2002, WV was producing more coal than at the industry's arguable peak in the 1950's. However, it was employing fewer miners. That's because it takes fewer people to run the machine that can out-perform several manual laborers. Those jobs never came back, and it serves as an example of what you're looking at more broadly 25 years from now. Hopefully I'll be retired by that point.

In response to this post by 48zip

Posted: 05/04/2017 at 2:13PM

When robots take all our jobs -- VaAkita 05/04/2017 10:02AM

I can frikkin' RETIRE!!!!! Wheeeeee! Bring them on!! ** -- DonHo-kieHi 05/04/2017 1:06PM

More free time to post stuff on the Lounge! ** -- BusLoadaBozos 05/04/2017 11:22AM

Interesting TV story a few weeks ago. There will always be jobs. -- 48zip 05/04/2017 10:56AM

B-street can attest to this effect in WV. There are not always jobs. -- GoobyPls 05/04/2017 2:13PM

But, total jobs in general didn't decrease. That was my point. Something -- 48zip 05/04/2017 2:24PM

Yeah...but THIS time, it's DIFFERENT. Problem is, I don't -- Late 80s Hokie 05/04/2017 3:47PM

I hear ya. Robots will replace most repetitive tasks. -- 48zip 05/04/2017 5:46PM

Who will teach the robots? ** -- bigbadbird 05/04/2017 10:48AM

Crosby, Stills, and Nash ** -- JoesterVT 05/04/2017 10:54AM

Making the robots to take the jobs gives me a job. I don't see the problem ** -- typed by ben 05/04/2017 10:31AM

Until the robots that make robots that take the jobs come along. ** -- Hokie360 05/04/2017 10:34AM

That is indescribably far away ** -- typed by ben 05/04/2017 12:02PM

Mass bankruptcy and chaos, If people are not working who is going -- fordham 05/04/2017 10:23AM

Universal basic income for everyone from the Government ** -- VT0306 05/04/2017 10:51AM

We got value of money paradox with this premise -- HokieDan95 05/04/2017 11:54AM

The Premise is to provide a basic income for basic needs -- VT0306 05/04/2017 2:05PM

Sign me up, working is for the birds ** -- fordham 05/04/2017 11:51AM

B-street can attest to this effect in WV. There are not always jobs.

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