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Unpopular opinion: Seeing robots sort packages at the local hub changed how I view work...
Used to be a mix of people and machines, now it's all arms and scanners moving boxes... heard they cut half the night shift last year. Folks who worked there for ages just got a notice and a check, no talk about retraining. It's fast and cheap, but what happens to all that skill and community... feels wrong to toss people out like that.
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robinson.wren1mo ago
Hearing about "toss people out like that" reminds me of a book I read. It said automation moves fast, but we're slow to help the people affected, just like you pointed out.
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the_wesley24d ago
Slow to help" is putting it lightly. We're moving at dial-up speeds while the robots are on fiber optic. Classic.
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the_nancy1mo ago
Lol, @robinson.wren, automation's on fast forward but our help is buffering forever.
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