In 6,000-word essay Microsoft co-founder also expresses concern governments not prepared for technology’s impact

I’ve started calling this domain human reserved. I like the phrase human reserved because it makes me think of nature reserves – places where we could put buildings and roads, but we choose not to because the loss would be too great.

  • howrar@lemmy.caEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    Doesn’t the power of unions come from the employer’s need for human workers? If they don’t need human workers anymore, then what good would a union do?

    • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      18 hours ago
      • much of unions’ role is to consider threats to its members like automation and mtigate that.
      • If an employer can afford a full strike of its human employees than there’s not much a union can do besides strike, sue, and lobby against it
      • how many employers (are there any??) can actually practically survive a full protracted strike and replace everyone fast enough that it doesnt put them severely in the hole if not outright killing their business.
      • customers will find a new source for what they relied on that company for and likely wont return
      • company will attract attention from politicians and lawyers wanting to get in on the action and train their targets on the company. This will likely produce law unfavorable to the company that becomes a new worse precedent for them possibly
      • You dont get to boss around robots or threaten loss of jobs to make localities and states and federal governments treat you favorably or gloss over your business’/personal crimes