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Robotics and the death of jobs

The trend is unmistakable and cannot be reversed. Robotics will increasing do jobs that humans used to do. Far fewer people will be needed to create the robots than will be displaced by them. The marked characteristic of today’s US manufacturing…

2010 Midterms: Jobs vs. Wars in California

California's budget crisis is actually much less than they're spending on the war in Afghanistan. $26 billion for the budget vs $38 billion for war. And what do they get for it? It's not better to live in California thanks to the war. It's actually getting much, much worse.