tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post3024197772319934176..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: "The Robot Problem"Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-40452599793653577622016-08-09T10:16:17.819-04:002016-08-09T10:16:17.819-04:00The CAD programs and such do not make an engineer ...The CAD programs and such do not make an engineer more productive IMO. The engineer becomes less productive being burdened with things engineers typically passed off to draftsmen in ages past. The software makes the product development process as a whole less costly because paying an engineer at his rate to do this work in addition to the more advanced tasks is cheaper than hiring a draftsman. Jimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10909431571837731712016-08-09T02:07:40.053-04:002016-08-09T02:07:40.053-04:00In the future, each person will have at least one ...In the future, each person will have at least one planet and will stress and worry about acquiring more planets and perhaps an entire solar system if they are in the lucky 1%.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08340471191018052788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-76419841497364489892016-08-09T01:16:00.300-04:002016-08-09T01:16:00.300-04:00All those child coal miners lost their jobs with m...All those child coal miners lost their jobs with mechanization too. The lumberjacks lost their jobs too. Most of the farmers lost their jobs for the same reason. Yet somehow quality of life is better now than at any time in human history.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011856643664793898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-88547965406766611342016-08-09T00:57:49.429-04:002016-08-09T00:57:49.429-04:00There is no robot problem. There is a government p...There is no robot problem. There is a government problem. <br />Mature products require fewer and fewer humans. New products require lots of humans. Government is used to stop new products from coming into being for the benefit of those who make mature products. So we get robots instead of things for humans to do. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Jimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30319118216453089352016-08-08T20:11:54.397-04:002016-08-08T20:11:54.397-04:00Mises is gonna get so much due.Mises is gonna get so much due.Alaska3636https://www.blogger.com/profile/13251275012030359766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9694372745407534352016-08-08T19:47:40.429-04:002016-08-08T19:47:40.429-04:00So which is it? Is there a shortage of primary ca...So which is it? Is there a shortage of primary care doctors or will the robots make their jobs obsolete anyway? The fact of the matter is if robots and AI can lessen their load, it will mean they are less overloaded and more able to make important human decisions. Engineers are far more productive with modelling and cad programs than without. Materials are far more advanced with robots than Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011856643664793898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-87738694932685440092016-08-08T16:47:40.630-04:002016-08-08T16:47:40.630-04:00"How many stupid predictions do we have to si..."How many stupid predictions do we have to sit through until Mises gets his due?"<br /><br />Shall I answer your question with a useless prediction? Brutushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06885083535036422093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-71724028250817797222016-08-08T16:34:20.666-04:002016-08-08T16:34:20.666-04:00--- there will have to be a role for government in...--- there will have to be a role for government in the jobs sector in the future because of the coming robotic age which will mean the loss of massive amounts of jobs. ---<br /><br />I am pretty sure your friend was very upset about all those ironsmith jobs lost after people stopped using horses for transportation. <br /><br />Or maybe he didn't because he's an idiot. OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30203423633593097182016-08-08T14:55:16.240-04:002016-08-08T14:55:16.240-04:00I recently saw someone comment that Mises' eco...I recently saw someone comment that Mises' economics was a kind of motte and bailey argument; empiricists can't wrap their heads around his insights. Predictions are useless because markets clear, often in unforeseeable ways. How many stupid predictions do we have to sit through until Mises gets his due?Alaska3636https://www.blogger.com/profile/13251275012030359766noreply@blogger.com