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A central theme at the Manna Project is that automation is going to destroy so many jobs in the coming years that society will not be able to adapt quick enough. There are a number of studies that are predicting the loss of tens of millions of jobs in the United States alone. Countries like China and those in the EU face similar percentages of losses.
This is one of the main reasons we believe distributing a basic income is going to be necessary. This is purely a technological move that is going to destroy the jobs. It will be global in scale, affecting the third world nations first, before moving to the more developed ones.
Sadly, there are many who tend not to follow what is happening. We all lead busy lives so not spending one's day reading about technological innovations and how it will affect society is understandable. This is, however, a necessary part of the educational process that must be carried forward.
Each week, we are going to compile a few stories that show what is happening in this area. They will be linked to the original source and contain information about part of the oncoming technological boom.
We hope this helps each reader to garner some idea of the potential that is ahead of us. The studies done that conclude tens of millions of job losses is made real when one sees the research that is taking place.
Here is this week's submission:
The agricultural industry seems to keep popping up. We posted an article yesterday that talked about China seeking to eliminate 250 million farmers by automating the farming in that country.
https://steemit.com/manna/@mannacurrency/china-seeks-to-eliminate-250-million-farmers
Fruit picking is hard work. It is also very slow. This is an area that traditional was occupied by migrant workers. The agricultural industry took advantage of immigrants by paying them near slave wages to pick for them. There are a variety of reasons for the shortage in workers which is forcing the automation hand.
Automated fruit pickers have been under development for a number of years. It now seems like they are ready for real action. This will obviously make up for the short fall in workers but do not think that it will not replace the rest. If successful, you can believe that these enormous Ag companies will roll this out everywhere.
Staying in the same industry, why stop at pickers? Why not automate the entire farm?
This is what many are seeking to do. There are some calling for a new Agricultural Revolution, this time with automation at the core. Whatever workers are left in this industry, most of them will be automated out. One advantage is that there is a lot less regulation on a farm than there are on city streets. Autonomous vehicles will become popular very quickly, they just might be seeders and tractors as opposed to cars and buses.
https://www.investors.com/news/farming-robot-agriculture-technology/
Here are three cases where automation is going to impact jobs. There is no reason for the companies that oversee this industry to shy away from it. When it comes to profits, employees are a draw. Replacing labor creates a more advanced form of farming creating better yields for less money. From that perspective it is a win all around.
The exception being, of course, the workers.
This is a point we aim to drive home with these real world examples of what is taking place.
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