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originally posted by: soficrow
Just a quick reminder. Robotics and automation aren't just taking peoples' jobs in mining, manufacturing, food service, the professions and transportation. There's a Retail Apocalypse hitting America - and who knows how many jobs are being lost?
The internet automates shopping online - people like it - and humans need not apply. Visits to malls declined by 50% between 2010 and 2013.
"More than 3,500 stores are expected to close across the US in the next couple of months. Department stores like Macy's, Sears, and JCPenney, and retailers including BCBG, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Bebe have all been forced to close up dozens of stores. ...Sears plans to shutter 108 Kmart stores and 42 Sears stores by April. Macy's is closing 68 locations in early 2017. JCPenney is closing 138 stores early this year. Wet Seal is closing all 171 locations. Crocs is closing 160 locations." And the list goes on.
Truth be told, there aren't going to be many jobs for people soon. ...Then what?
Elon Musk says automation will force governments to introduce Universal Basic Income (UBI). But will that do the trick?
The "Retail Apocalypse" Is Officially Descending Upon America
....Another reason retail brick and mortars are failing is the growth of e-commerce. Between 2010 and 2013, visits to shopping malls declined 50%, according to data from real estate research firm Cushman and Wakefield. Meanwhile, online sales from huge online outposts, like Amazon, have exploded.
Elon Musk: Automation Will Force Governments to Introduce Universal Basic Income
... displacement due to automation isn’t just limited to transportation, it will sweep across a number of industries, and Musk argues that the government must introduce a UBI program in order to compensate for this. “I don’t think we’re going to have a choice,” he said. “I think it’s going to be necessary. There will be fewer and fewer jobs that a robot cannot do better.”
originally posted by: amazing
That will never change. Automation and technology are going to keep rising up. More education and skillets for the new ages are needed. We're entering an Entrepreneurial/Information/Service Age. Retail and Manufacturing jobs are never coming back...not like they were.
Source
The US has 23.5 square feet of retail space per person, compared with 16.4 square feet in Canada and 11.1 square feet in Australia, the next two countries with the highest retail space per capita, according to a Morningstar report from October.
Visits to shopping malls have been declining for years with the rise of e-commerce and titanic shifts in how shoppers spend their money. Visits declined by 50% between 2010 and 2013, according to the real-estate research firm Cushman & Wakefield.
originally posted by: olaru12
originally posted by: amazing
That will never change. Automation and technology are going to keep rising up. More education and skillets for the new ages are needed. We're entering an Entrepreneurial/Information/Service Age. Retail and Manufacturing jobs are never coming back...not like they were.
We used to make steel in this country, now we make happy meals. What can we manufacture in America with the infrastructure rusting away, outdated and obsolete. What kind of jobs will Trump bring back. Tech is moving to India,
Manufacturing to China. What's left?
originally posted by: olaru12
originally posted by: amazing
That will never change. Automation and technology are going to keep rising up. More education and skillets for the new ages are needed. We're entering an Entrepreneurial/Information/Service Age. Retail and Manufacturing jobs are never coming back...not like they were.
We used to make steel in this country, now we make happy meals. What can we manufacture in America with the infrastructure rusting away, outdated and obsolete. What kind of jobs will Trump bring back. Tech is moving to India,
Manufacturing to China. What's left?
originally posted by: Olivine
One segment of the job market that is growing and will continue to grow, as more brick and mortar shops close down, is transportation and logistics; the people who drive the trucks and deliver your online purchases. You don't need a higher education to do the job and can still make 6 figures, with really good benefits.
Plus, more trucks on the roads, mean more road maintenance jobs, and all of the imports from overseas keep the longshoremen at the ports employed.
Small, but a silver lining nonetheless.
originally posted by: SpeakerofTruth
I knew 20+ years ago when they initiated the self-checkouts everything was headed in that direction. These companies and corporations essentially want cost free operations.
originally posted by: SpeakerofTruth
a reply to: schuyler
What do they cost with exception to initial cost and yearly maintenance? What about the other 51 weeks of the year? Yeah, pretty cost free
originally posted by: JoshuaCox
originally posted by: underwerks
Open a bar. That's the only service industry that actually grows the worse the job market gets.
Lmao?!?
What stops a machine from making mixed drinks????
Nothing...
Hell that would be infinitely cheaper than one that handles the grill. At McDonald's..
Even the jobs that seem to require a human are really only "seem to require a human for now.."