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How is it possible to avoid repetitive stress injury on an assembly line? Seems inevitable.
Aside from what @[email protected] wrote, ideally we'll reduce human labor to overseeing machines, at least on industrial lines, over time.
Replacing humans with machines generally results in greater disparity of wealth, historically
You still can't stop progress, so you've got to solve that issue another way
If you don't own the machines you should get supplemental income from being displaced.
You should get income regardless
Development of technology isnt always progress. Sometimes its a step backwards.
Progress depends on if it does good or bad. If it just causes a greater disparity of wealth (while building crappy machines that are designed for obsolescence and people dont need), then it is not progress.
Example: looms are arguably progress (almost everyone needs cloth). Robots that manufacturer ICE SUVs are not progress (making more gas guzzlers is causing mass extinction).
Don't confuse technological and societal progress.
It may not be positive for society, but you still can't stop progress, if you don't develop what's possible, someone else will.
Great question. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are more difficult to avoid when tasks are repetitive, forceful, and/or use a limited range of motion. Implementing a "stretch and flex" type program, completing thorough ergonomic evaluations (and actually following through with their findings), and rotating workers through various tasks that change the motions performed and body parts being stressed will knock down injuries considerably.
Considering they’re working on getting rid of lunch or bathroom breaks this is just a fantasy… is it possible to have decent factory jobs? Sure. Will that be what’s given to you as an option? Absolutely not
This must be prevented from happening, once it becomes the institutional norm it will be so difficult to reverse course
I agree this "factory jobs for everyone and their children" bullshit needs to be prevented, but what I listed isn't just a fantasy. It's literally a major part of what I do for a living. It's all I did for a time when I was a consultant. Employers who are smart enough to have any concern for long-term sustainability and profitability take this quite seriously as it's not just ethically the "right thing to do", it's a smart business move.