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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday August 29 2017, @12:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the it-better-be-able-to-argue dept.

Despite innovations that make it easier for seniors to keep living on their own rather than moving into special facilities, most elderly people eventually need a hand with chores and other everyday activities.

Friends and relatives often can't do all the work. Growing evidence indicates it's neither sustainable nor healthy for seniors or their loved ones. Yet demand for professional caregivers already far outstrips supply, and experts say this workforce shortage will only get worse.

So how will our society bridge this elder-care gap? In a word, robots.

Just as automation has begun to do jobs previously seen as uniquely suited for humans, like retrieving goods from warehouses, robots will assist your elderly relatives.

Would you entrust grandma to Johnny 5?


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 29 2017, @03:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 29 2017, @03:20PM (#560844)

    I agree with the other AC. You were going good until you worried only about Jewish corporations. I'm not sure what makes a corporation Jewish to be honest. Corporations are immortal, transnational, incorporeal (can't be jailed), sociopathic legal fictions. Don't just be concerned about the “Jewish” ones. Be concerned about the Christian and Moslem corporations as well. Be concerned about the atheist corporations. Again, I don't know what would make a corporation any of those things. If you have criteria you apply to determine these things, that's great. However, I would encourage you to focus more on the immortal, transnational, incorporeal, and sociopathic aspects of corporations and instead of limiting your vision to only one subset of the problem.

    Plus, as the other AC mentioned, people might think you're an anti-Semite, which works against you. Be an anti-corporatite instead.

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