Friday, April 29, 2011

"Good Jobs" disappearing everywhere

The classic 'good job' - you know, where a poorly educated person stands in place and does a rote activity over and over again - is becoming scarce everywhere because it is so easily automated away.  The below chart demonstrates that while the US leads this phenomenon, we are certainly not alone.  Like agriculture, manufacturing has become incredibly productive, freeing us all up for more creative, more valuable activities.  But they're not 'quality jobs'.

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