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Here are just a few examples of automation and innovation which will make low skill jobs more scarce in the future.

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Here are just a few examples of automation and innovation which will make low skill jobs more scarce in the future.

    The current argument about raising the minimum wage has taken on a surreal atmosphere. One of the arguments is that no one can support a family on the current minimum wage. The premise is based on some esoteric notion of fairness. Another argument is that we need to share some of the profit that the greedy big companies are hoarding for their own greedy purposes. Well, below are a few short videos of what could happen when the minimum wage encroaches on the survival of the business.

    The first is the shipping and warehousing system used by Amazon:

    Click here to see a short video on Automated order processing: three minutes long

    The second may be closer to home:.

    Click here to see the bartender who could care less about your problems: One minute long

    Last, is this the future of your dining experience.

    Click here to set Japanese automated food service six minutes long
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