DogWater comments on We're being short-sighted

[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

That's true until it isn't. Automation is on its way. Marching ever onward.

The factory I work in built a new building this year that employs 1/4 of the workers as the next newest one and does 2.5x the output.

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[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 2 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

You still need loaders, drivers, retailers to get anything to the customer. A lot of rich ski and holiday towns can't staff the stores and Cafe's, because the employees can't afford to pay rent in the same towns, so they face a similar issue...

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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Amazon is already testing robotic loaders, self driving trucks are already in development, and vending machines retail everything in Japan.

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[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Maybe, but there are still a lot of invisible people involved to get the food all the way to your table. And small suppliers cannot afford to switch their whole operation to robots.

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[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah so they go out of business lol

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