The EU debate - Part III

obviously

 

Really can't dispute any of this. It highlights the need to rethink our way of life.
Automated taxis and delivery vehicles are not far away. When they take over there will need to be a shift in methods. Robots don't pay taxes, society will need to consider the Finnish model of all citizens receiving a basic income and chasing corporations for a larger share of their profits.

 

Don't know. You already have though.

 

Obama, Hollande, Renzi: G7 leaders are disappearing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38191314

 

It almost certainly will and it will be a disaster for the UK. You'll probably be confined to your armchair by then.

 

The EU banking system is creaking, particularly in Germany.

 

On the front line of segregation UK: NEIL TWEEDIE visits a Blackburn dominated by hilltop mosques and afflicted by 'worrying levels' of division
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...d-worrying-levels-division.html#ixzz4S2kIFWQv

 

Female academic whose accusation of sexism cost Nobel laureate Sir Tim Hunt his job claims she has been 'bundled out' of her university post
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ed-leaving-university-post.html#ixzz4S2kbM4y8

 

Muslim backlash at 'divisive' race report: But author slams 'right-on' critics for turning blind eye to truth
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cs-turning-blind-eye-truth.html#ixzz4S2l91o61

 

'I feel like a foreigner in my own country': Inside the 'British GHETTOS' where 21-year-old says he barely sees a white face and Muslim taxi driver blames Eastern Europeans for 'ruining' his home
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ern-Europeans-ruining-home.html#ixzz4S2lJXvGQ

 

Why the EU might not last beyond next year: DOMINIC SANDBROOK on the political and financial earthquake ripping through Europe
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-earthquake-ripping-Europe.html#ixzz4S2lTwIBN

 

I despair of the British Muslims who choose to live under a virtual apartheid, writes Dr Taj Hargey
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...theid-writes-Dr-Taj-Hargey.html#ixzz4S2laidoS

 

I remember these same type of sensationalist comments back in the mid eighties, with the introduction of affordable PC's in the workplace. It was claimed that we would all have an enormous amount of leisure time and could even be working three day weeks because of this technology. I remember at the time, a huge growth in building of garden centres, so we would all have somewhere to go!!
Most manufacturing industries have had this type of technology for 20+ years.

 

There was a technology piece, earlier on the BBC website, as well as your link, supposedly Carney's comments.
It doesn't appear to be there now??

 

Italian protesters inspired by Brexit vote are dragged away from demonstration outside parliament in Rome as referendum result sends shockwaves through the EU
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...t-vote-dragged-away-police.html#ixzz4S2n0TaLp

 

Last leader standing - but for how long? Seven months on from this photo, Angela Merkel is the only one of the old order left
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-Merkel-one-old-order-left.html#ixzz4S2n9jUSJ

 

Now give us a vote on the euro: Italy rocks Europe after referendum defeat for PM, writes ROBERT HARDMAN
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...t-PM-writes-ROBERT-HARDMAN.html#ixzz4S2nIKEIB

 

funny that I work in Brum, in an area that is barely white.

Anything else you wish to add and make a fool of yourself?

 

You still too scared to answer the questions Kontroller?

 

It's not really sensationalist. The need for clerical staff in a modern office has all but disappeared now the shift to paperless is real. Much of my work is aimed at automating and reducing staff numbers using interfaces and batch processes.
Manufacturing requires fewer workers than it did and it reflects in the shift to service sector jobs.

Extra leisure time dream isnt divorced from the reality, those with leisure time exist as pensioners who live longer and have grown hugely as a proportion of the population.

The dream for working age people isn't real as automation increases profit for corporations and reduces income by shifting us all into the jobs machines can't currently do and that have been generated by machines ( delivery from online shopping is the best example of this).
Technology has taken much longer than the dreamers envisaged but there is no doubt in my mind that Google, Uber and Apple are not spending huge sums on driverless cars for no reason.