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In a kind of counter intuitive argument in this article in The Wall Street Journal , Uber drivers may now have to battle with the fact that no human is actually telling them what to do. Most of the tasks are now being automated. The study by Researchers at the Data and Society research institute at New York University point out that Uber uses software to exert similar control over workers that a human manager would.
The world looks more and more like the Manna short story, where every aspect of our employee life is used to classify our performance. Another interesting discussion point: Is the middle manager role disappearing?
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(Score: 2) by Murdoc on Friday November 06 2015, @01:11AM
As mentioned, Technocracy uses automation for these jobs. It is a system where machines do all the work people don't want to do, so that just leaves the work that people do want to do, so you don't have to force them to do it. And while there may still be a few jobs left that aren't the most desirable, there will be more than enough people to do these jobs because they will know how important they are. People already volunteer for lots of undesirable jobs today, in an environment that discourages it (because the time and effort they spend volunteering could be spent doing work that would earn them money). So with the need to earn a living removed, there will be even more people willing to do this kind of work than there is today.