Very good post, Julián. Automation is probably the main cause of the growth of job insecurity from the 1980s onwards, and not so much the process of relocation of globalization, nor the reduction of the role of unions, nor social atomization. Generative AI represents a new turn of the screw, this time perhaps aimed at reducing white-collar jobs and not so much blue-collar jobs.
Personally, a question that makes me think is how we are going to socially adapt to a new scenario in which, not so many new jobs may be generated as those that are destroyed. Because some cultures, such as the Anglo-Saxon, have a powerful vision of the meaning of life centered on work, and will be really challenged. Latin cultures are more oriented toward enjoying life and amalgamating the meaning of our lives around that social relationship which seems to remain more. We'll see.
Thanks a lot for your comment, Javier! Indeed, I think it's not a technological problem. We all read headlines about youngs who don't want to work, or pubs that cannot find waiters... well, maybe we should progress as a society to another model. Job, as social instrument, is evolving quite fast, meaning that we both can live transitions from the beginning of our lives to the end. It doesn't take centuries, but only decades or years to change some paradigms, such us working at weekends, or remote work, or 8hours work-day.
I think that we, as social labour force, should be aware of these issues and don't let others set our fate for ourselves.
NIce post, Julian
Very good post, Julián. Automation is probably the main cause of the growth of job insecurity from the 1980s onwards, and not so much the process of relocation of globalization, nor the reduction of the role of unions, nor social atomization. Generative AI represents a new turn of the screw, this time perhaps aimed at reducing white-collar jobs and not so much blue-collar jobs.
Personally, a question that makes me think is how we are going to socially adapt to a new scenario in which, not so many new jobs may be generated as those that are destroyed. Because some cultures, such as the Anglo-Saxon, have a powerful vision of the meaning of life centered on work, and will be really challenged. Latin cultures are more oriented toward enjoying life and amalgamating the meaning of our lives around that social relationship which seems to remain more. We'll see.
Thanks a lot for your comment, Javier! Indeed, I think it's not a technological problem. We all read headlines about youngs who don't want to work, or pubs that cannot find waiters... well, maybe we should progress as a society to another model. Job, as social instrument, is evolving quite fast, meaning that we both can live transitions from the beginning of our lives to the end. It doesn't take centuries, but only decades or years to change some paradigms, such us working at weekends, or remote work, or 8hours work-day.
I think that we, as social labour force, should be aware of these issues and don't let others set our fate for ourselves.