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1247 points mangoman | 2 comments | 05 Dec 16 14:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.431s | source
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jtcond13 ◴[05 Dec 16 15:46 UTC] No.13106117[source]▶
Your periodic reminder that 'retail salesperson' is the most common job in America (~4.5 million).

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/04/the-10-m...

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1. draw_down ◴[05 Dec 16 15:54 UTC] No.13106192[source]▶
Supplemental reminder that tech exists largely to eliminate jobs. Whoops, that was a typo- I meant to write "increase productivity".
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2. sprafa ◴[05 Dec 16 16:00 UTC] No.13106263[source]▶
those two things are directly related. People need to stop being blind about the fact that yes, there will be mass unemployment soon.