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Humans need not apply: An economic horror movie

Humans need not apply: An economic horror movie
Published 18 Aug 2014   Follow @SamRoggeveen

Holy crap, this video is terrifying. From the narration:

We have been through economic revolutions before, but the robot revolution is different. Horses aren't unemployed now because they got lazy as a species; they're unemployable. There's little work a horse can do that do that pays for its housing and hay. And many bright, perfectly capable humans will find themselves the new horse: unemployable through no fault of their own.

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(H/t Kottke.)




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