We are a high target location (like Australia) for illegal immigrants who use boats to get here almost undetected, and who are employed for jobs like fruit picking which NZers don't typically go for as it is seasonal, contractual work, and so we rarely compete for jobs with immigrants like you might in the US.
I don't eat out that often, but I do go to Taco Tuesdays at Tijuana Flats, and the Texas Roadhouse near me has amazing steak and ribs, and a really nice country atmosphere with great and enthusiastic service. There's also a local sushi buffet I really like, and hibachi is always fun. The only fast food I ever really get is the Chick-Fil-A on campus because they have grilled chicken.
PDQ also has good chicken, and really good sauces. It's a bit more expensive than fast food, but it's so much better quality and taste.
It will be to a degree. IMO it is only a real threat to some industrys but not others. Kinda like the internet and print media
It is something concerning to think about, but no one answered my related question:
But isn't the underlying theme still the same? These advancements in technology have kept prices down (think about the price of a USB flash-drive today vs 10+ years ago), and improved quality of life for many people (even our "cheap" phones are basically supercomputers compared to what we had 10+ years ago), etc. Do we avoid innovation and advances for the sake of maintaining the status quo? Look at the government that's giving Uber and other driver services a hard time because it's hurting the taxi industry, and the government's income, but I know I like Uber a hell of a lot better than taxis. I don't have all the answers; maybe it'll be like Wall-E where robots do all the work for us while we sit on our a$$es all day.
company I worked for made them.
company I worked for made them.
Their coming big and fast across the industry. They require no breaks, holidays, health insurance drug tests nor a paycheck. They are multilingual (text) and can count and add...
Haha, so what is your suggestion? The only sensible way to slow this innovation would be for people to voluntarily decide not to buy from companies that use them; it would be, in my opinion, very foolish to establish laws prohibiting these technologies from being used by businesses, and even more unwise to prevent or slow research and development of these new technologies. Again, I don't have all the answers, and I know that.
I get what you're saying, I just wanted to clarify more of my stance on the issue.
This. It's pretty convenient to place an order for a custom pizza online (computer or phone) and know that they know exactly what to make, and that something wasn't added, forgotten, or lost in translation. Perhaps ordering from phones will become the big thing, sort of like Amazon's store idea, as almost everyone already has a smartphone already.
There's no other job that they can find? The only possible job they can have is as a cashier? Perhaps they should work on developing some other skills that could help them land and keep a job. I do understand what you're saying though.
I'm not looking down on anyone, don't judge others or make assumptions. We still need other customer-service/retail/etc based positions, at least for the foreseeable future, so that's still an option. Then there's always the topic that people don't seem to want to discuss that is migrant workers. They're very, very often being payed well under minimum wage, but a lot of people don't seem to complain about that. Additionally, these are jobs that many Americans wouldn't want to work, even if they were payed minimum wage. Do we continue to turn a blind eye to that? Do we push to give the migrant workers minimum wage? Do we get rid of illegal migrant workers and have Americans work these jobs? Are there even enough Americans willing to work these jobs? Are enough Americans willing to pay more money for food/produce/etc if we pay all migrant workers minimum wage? There are many questions here.
Do wages going up across the board lead to inflation?
Minimum wage of the uni? That I wouldn't doubt. But they do employ inter faculty mail men who are paid the minimum
It is their mailing room facility. Literally where all their package items are picked and sent. Humans do the picking, but most other stuff is automated
Other countries pay "burger flippers" $15+ per hour and still profits soar. Not sure why you think they wouldn't
Again, I'm not sure if the people are willing to pay a bit more and/or be a little inconvenienced to do this, but we'll see.
It goes back to the example of switchboard operators I gave before. Ignoring the timeframe it takes for these jobs to become obsolete (the potential effects of drastic and sudden changes effecting unemployment, especially in the short term) if we were adamant about preventing the implementation of technological advances that would terminate these jobs, we would not have much of the technology and tools/devices/etc that greatly improve our quality of life. I think that's what he was saying.
Nietzsche, haha.
