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That would be disaster.

Good jobs are essentially highly paid office jobs with good benefits -- and the easiest way to create more of those is to outlaw the computer, which would mean that thousands of workers would be needed to do reports for companies, the federal government, etc.

But it would also destroy a great source of real wealth.




Good jobs are essentially highly paid office jobs with good benefits

Where do you get this? Take a look at the median-salary multiple for buying a house 50 years ago vs. today. Used to be you could be a grunt and buy a house.


To me, good jobs are satisfying, economically productive and reasonably well-compensated ones.

You know, the ones you get from having a well-educated and empowered workforce.




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