Mauricio wrote:
"This is something in what I think a lot... we (engineers or similar)
have to continue studying in order
to keep our engineer status and specialization status.
What will other people do when they don't get a job due to their lack of
experience? will the be
hired anyway and then trained? this could take months or even years... I
doubt it.
Then , if they don't find a job, who or what will give them food,
shelter, comfort... ? This happened
with industrialization , many people lost their jobs because they were
replaced by a machine.
Which will be, as humans, our next step? try to avoid this? try to
minimize collateral damage of
an inevitable matter?"

:-)

I've read the same argument in a late '80s Soviet article bashing 
capitalism. It was about workers who face unemployment, taking out their 
frustration on the machines that replaced them. "We should note that this 
problem does not exist under communism. Under a communist system, everyone 
is employed".

Chris said:
"Fewer jobs
will exist for the  people left behind. We may already be starting to
see this happening."

Chris, you have to be joking. Have you checked the US unemployment figures 
lately? There AREN'T ENOUGH workers, there is a severe labor shortage --  
that's why people are crossing the southern border by the millions. When I 
stayed in a small town in Colorado two months ago, most of the employees at 
the hotel were from somewhere else. I read "Japan" and "Jamaica" on the 
receptionists' name tags, the maids spoke Spanish, and the restaraunt 
manager was from the Netherlands (moved to the US 3 years ago).

Wealth is a direct result of high productivity, and technology plays a key 
role. In a country where productivity is high, everybody is rich. 

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