And the downward slide will continue until the unions as we know them are gone. Why? Not because of irrelevant politics, laws, corruption, etc., but because of technology. Robotics destroys labor. Ending jobs is what all technology is *for*. The singularity is a process, not an event, but it is here. Now.
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And the downward slide will continue until the unions as we know them are gone. Why? Not because of irrelevant politics, laws, corruption, etc., but because of technology. Robotics destroys labor. Ending jobs is what all technology is *for*. The singularity is a process, not an event, but it is here. Now.
Richard Wolff has some thoughts on Union decline, in his lectures...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlhFMa4t28A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpTOXKHRJlU
Cheers, Tom
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