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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 15 Mar 2015

    Technology has been eliminating jobs for centuries. But not net jobs.

    3:48 PM - 15 Mar 2015
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      2. Jonathan Denner‏ @zettel_kasten 15 Mar 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg What net jobs are? What does it mean — net jobs?

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 15 Mar 2015
        Replying to @zettel_kasten

        @zettel_kasten Net jobs are what you have left when you subtract jobs eliminated from new jobs created.

        2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
      4. Jonathan Denner‏ @zettel_kasten 15 Mar 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg thnx!

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      1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 15 Mar 2015
        Replying to @jlindsay

        @jlindsay It reduces the labor necessary to achieve a given result.

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      2. Nathan Clark‏ @nthnclrk 15 Mar 2015
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        @paulg so you think that will remain the case though?

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 15 Mar 2015
        Replying to @nthnclrk

        @nthnclrk That should be the default assumption.

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      4. Kasperi Apell‏ @kasperiapell 15 Mar 2015
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        @paulg @nthnclrk definitely. People like to talk about horses, but forget that horses can only do one thing. Not like humans.

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      2. Notturnalista‏ @notturnalista 15 Mar 2015
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        @paulg do you have supporting data showing this is the case?

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 15 Mar 2015
        Replying to @notturnalista

        @supersalardi Sure; the unemployment rate.

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      4. Notturnalista‏ @notturnalista 16 Mar 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg but it displays at best a cyclical pattern, otherwise the world would be heading towards full employment, which is sadly not true

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      2. Kent Pitman‏ @KentPitman 15 Mar 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        .@paulg Historically true. True now & in future? World changes ever faster, but not people. Society's plan? Companies profit, workers pay.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Kent Pitman‏ @KentPitman 15 Mar 2015
        Replying to @KentPitman

        Technology & automation should liberate people. Instead it chains them to faster treadmills. http://open.salon.com/blog/kent_pitman/2012/05/27/corny_economics … #society #jobs #ethics

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      2. Hannes Landeholm‏ @hnslnd 15 Mar 2015
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        @paulg I disagree. Explain how new jobs are created when taxis drive themselves. #basicincome

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      3. Tim Lammens‏ @tlammens 15 Mar 2015
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        @hnslnd @paulg The tech in those taxi's is created by people. Don't forget new jobs can be created before older jobs disappear.

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      4. Tim Lammens‏ @tlammens 15 Mar 2015
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        @hnslnd @paulg That being said we cannot assume anything about the future just by looking at the past. It's not a law of nature.

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      1. Meekostuff‏ @Meekostuff 15 Mar 2015
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        @paulg I'm pretty sure that on average technology directly eliminates many more jobs than it creates.

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      1. Sarbjeet Johal‏ @sarbjeetjohal 15 Mar 2015
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        @paulg technology is an enabler, mixed with some good policies it becomes a bliss! World extreme poverty has be cut in half since 90s

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      1. Neil Soni‏ @TheRealNeilS 15 Mar 2015
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        @paulg important to remember that everything we use could once be defined as "technology". Even fire.

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      1. Bran of Raisin‏ @branofraisin 15 Mar 2015
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        @paulg Are you prepared to claim that the set of things computers and machines can do will NEVER be a superset of the things humans can do?

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