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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 25 Aug 2015

    Technology has created more jobs than it has destroyed, says 140 years of datahttp://gu.com/p/4b3vh/stw 

    6:59 AM - 25 Aug 2015
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      1. David Manheim‏ @davidmanheim 26 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker @Equanimous_1 The "destroyed" jobs that are estimated are not adjusted for population and economic growth. http://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/uk/Documents/about-deloitte/deloitte-uk-technology-and-people.pdf …

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      1. Rob‏ @asectual 25 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker The coming rise of AI powered machines will break that trend, most of the new jobs created will also be done by machines

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      2. Mister D‏ @CallMeMisterD 7 Sep 2015
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        @sapinker @adnausica I think @wadhwa would say this is a select data set and doesn't account for the future advances we will see soon

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      3. Ad Nausica‏ @adnausica 7 Sep 2015
        Replying to @CallMeMisterD

        @DerpInside @sapinker @wadhwa Yes, machines will eventually do all better/cheaper. Plans for that economy are ongoing, e.g. Basic Income.

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      2. Mårten Hjernquist  🦉‏ @hjernquist 25 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker is the proportion that works today, larger, smaller or the same as 140 yrs ago?

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      3. al jones‏ @aljones909 25 Aug 2015
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        @hjernquist must be larger because most women work

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      1. Ad Nausica‏ @adnausica 7 Sep 2015
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        @sapinker However, it squeezes us toward our max capability & education investment. When machines can do all better there is nowhere to go.

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      1. Sahil M Bansal‏ @SMB06 30 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker cc : @pmarca

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      1. David Manheim‏ @davidmanheim 26 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker @Equanimous_1 So technology destroyed > 3x as many jobs as assumed in agriculture, since they are feeding 3x the population

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      1. Ryan Kelly‏ @RyanKMMA 25 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker @aliveness_ape @Shah_shank read this dude. Hopefully this will provide insight

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      1. Harald‏ @equalitus 25 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker #technology can't create jobs, people create #jobs not #guns nor technology can create or destroy jobs. epistemological anarchism

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      1. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 25 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker Do you think this trend will continue indefinitely?

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      1. Ronnie Corvid‏ @ronniecorvid 25 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker technology has created an unsustainable spike in population levels leading to loads of extra hairdressers and alcohol salesmen.

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      1. Hadoken the Great‏ @HarryBeidstra 25 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker nice hair.

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