That we hire human beings to do the work of machines bc the humans are cheaper thanks to slave wages isn't something to be proud ofhttps://twitter.com/ryan__hyman/status/800039729500737536 …
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Arthur Chu Retweeted Ryan's Ruminations
That we hire human beings to do the work of machines bc the humans are cheaper thanks to slave wages isn't something to be proud ofhttps://twitter.com/ryan__hyman/status/800039729500737536 …
Arthur Chu added,
It's like how the Aztec empire never needed to invent the wheel bc they could just get slaves to carry shit
Silicon Valley is helping hide the way automation is destroying legit low-level labor by inventing apps where you hire ppl to wipe your ass
The "service economy" is hiring ppl to do increasingly shit jobs for increasingly shit wages to hide the need for universal basic income
I'm actively mad that so few ppl inside the tech bubble see how condescending the marketing of sites like Fiverr is
"C'mon Mr Billionaire there must be SOMETHING you need to pay me five bucks for. Shine your shoes? Write you a limerick? Flash my tits?"
We had automated fast food back in the fuckin 1940s, it died out bc min wage workers were cheaper than machines, that's not a good thing
The vision of the service economy "saving jobs" is to drive wages so low we can start hiring poor ppl to be human parking meters
That's not even a joke, really, remember the mini scandal when some SF tech guy was paying homeless ppl to be "human wifi hotspots"
The tech conomy is just putting a shiny app over shit ppl did to get by during the Great Depression (rent out a room, drive a jitney cab)
Airbnb's framing "creating sharing opportunities" as though before the recession we all wanted strangers in our house but couldn't find them
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