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Robert D. Atkinson's avatar

Hunter, thanks for comment. Since I hear these views from many many folks I talk to in DC, it seems like culture is pretty key.

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Robert D. Atkinson's avatar

Couldnt agree more. Our worker displacement support system is terrible. The AI Luddites should spend their political capital on fixing that

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Hunter Hastings's avatar

“I believe the calls to “destroy the machines” reflect a broader transformation of American culture and values—from honoring risk-taking and tenacity to prioritizing comfort and codling.”

Good and accurate observation. Niall Ferguson blames institutions, but culture is more the culprit.

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Hunter Hastings's avatar

“I believe the calls to “destroy the machines” reflect a broader transformation of American culture and values—from honoring risk-taking and tenacity to prioritizing comfort and codling.”

Good and accurate observation. Niall Ferguson blames institutions, but culture is more the culprit.

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Blanca's avatar

People forget that most jobs didn’t exist 100 years ago,so why are we acting like today’s jobs are sacred? Nobody’s crying over the loss of telephone switchboard operators or elevator attendants. We moved on.

But here’s the part that always gets missed: it’s not that people hate automation, it’s that they don’t trust they’ll be taken care of when it happens. If getting laid off meant you had a real shot at retraining and landing something better, people wouldn’t be so scared. But right now? Good luck getting through a broken system that offers a few months of bad online courses and a pat on the back.

So yeah, let the machines take the boring stuff. But unless we fix how we help people land on their feet, we’ll just keep getting the same pushback every time.

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