2026-10-31 20:53 UTC
A lot fewer people can make money being artisanal bakers these days, though. Used to be every village with more than a few families had a baker, all those bakers lost their bakeries and had to get different jobs working for someone else.
The same will happen with programming. There will be some people who still perform unique skilled work that can’t be slopped out, and then everyone else will need to get a different job. Every time this happens it causes economic crisis until the economy adjusts.
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@hansolo@lemmy.today 2026-10-31 20:59
Did you just read my example? I literally just used this same example somewhere in the comments. No one lost the skill. People interested to learn the skill can learn it. It’s just not a widely known skill because units you rant to know the skill, there’s no reason to know that into…