Originally Posted by
Mihalik
Alright I have read the entire thread now. Every post. (Most of them where pointless, some funny) I never seen a single item that would refute to Luddite Fallacy. I just seen the repetition of different forms of the fallacy.
The assumption is that all jobs of the future will be in electronics or IT. And eventually that will be automated too. Also some blaber about migrant workers and studies in literature etc.
Future industries are in constant development and old ones are constantly phased out. The Whale Oil Industry etc.
New industries replaced it. Fossile fuel industry, Nuclear Industry, Reneweable energies, IT industry, Cybernetics industry, Radio communications, Audio-Visual entertainment, Marketing Etc. The last 4 of the before mentioned industries literally where created in since the 50's.
The other thing is for every technology we phase out, we create 2 or 3 new ones. Thus the workforce is distributed in different fields. Couple of hundred years ago as professions would go it would be Farmer, Blacksmith, Jewler, Stone Worker, Tanner, Shoemaker, and a handfull of others who would employ the vast majority of the population. As technology progressed subdivisons appeared. Farmers specialized either in crops or cattle, Blacksmith into Iron workers, Blacksmith, Locksmith, Clocksmith etc, or new completly new professions where created, Electricist, Plumber etc.
The same thing is happening today. We are created new industries with different subspecialities. Old professions phase and people become more specialized in different fields. Processes become faster and more automated but operators will still be requiered.
The Luddite fallacy continues to apply PERFECTLY!