I thought of four: - sorting waste streams - mediating digital social environments - organizing stuff - moving small bits of value around a city
Which domains, when automated, would take the fewest jobs but create the most economic value?
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In each of these cases, the cost of people doing the work exceeds the value created. Hence, there are no jobs* doing these things. *there are jobs in these categories, but not for the lowest of the low.
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By lowest of the low I mean: cleaning up waste by the side of the highway; separating out organic waste, PCB, and metal waste in the dump; sending a screwdriver to your friend across the city.
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