Well, now really off topic :)
I don't have a preference on whether a human or not delivers packages. I
do respect that some people like that kind of job, and so I support
their rights to a quality work environment.
But, long term, we will continue to mechanize (robotize) more and more
kinds of jobs. You can argue that we should protect jobs but there are
better ways to handle this kind of change. Going back to the early
1800s, automatic looms were the first large scale automation of the
industrial revolution. Many, many people were put out of jobs and
governments did little or nothing to help them. However, no one wanted
to go back to hand woven fabric because the price of fabric went down
drastically and even the poor were able to afford more textile products.
In the relatively near future, we will go through another change where
all driving jobs will be gone, probably most stocking and retailing jobs
will be minimized, and many other kinds of jobs. For the overall
economy, that's a good thing. For those who lose their jobs, it's
terrible. Without intervention, we'll devolve into a society of royalty
(e.g. tech workers) and serfs (e.g. unemployed) with a huge division in
quality of life. We can politically balance that out so that everyone
has some work to do (not full time) and ample money to live. If we do,
most everyone will have more free time and have a better lifestyle than
today. And that free time can be used in innovative ways, such as we do
today on EVDL to help push a new technology (see I worked it back on
topic :)
Peri
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------ Original Message ------
From: "EVDL Administrator via EV" <[email protected]>
To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Cc: "EVDL Administrator" <[email protected]>
Sent: 09-Apr-21 11:47:07 PM
Subject: Re: [EVDL] [External] Re: large drone ?
This thread is mostly off topic. However, there are a couple of critical
points that everyone posting so far seems to be missing.
I want Amazon, UPS, Fedex, and ESPECIALLY USPS to convert their delivery
fleets to EVs.
But I want HUMANS driving them. I want HUMANS delivering my packages to my
door. And I want those humans to be treated decently and humanely in their
jobs. For goodness sake let's at least give them a reasonable number of
bathroom breaks.
Humans can make judgements. Machines can only do what they're programmed to
do.
Machines also can't buy stuff to keep a consumer economy moving forward.
The more people you put out of work by turning their jobs over to machines,
the fewer there are to spend money. When does it stop? When all the Amazon
vans are automated? When UPS and Fedex are too? When all the OTR trucks
are automated? When your job is automated?
As the old song says, the fact that you CAN doesn't mean that you SHOULD.
But by all means, put those human drivers in ELECTRIC delivery vehicles.
David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey
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