Re: Villain of the Week: Bolder Technology Corp

[Ronn Blankenship]

At 16:34 28-01-01 +0100, you wrote:
>"John D. Giorgis" schreef:
>
> > Not really.   In your scenario, Jeroen, if the low skilled/paid staff
> > leaves for a week, the company will probably just hire other workers.
> > Why?   Because they are low skilled, and therfore there is an abundant
> > supply of them.  Business then resumes as usual.
>
>Not quite. Maybe in the US there is an abundance of unskilled people, but over
>here the stock is slowly running out. There is a shortage on low skill
>secretarial workers, maintanance workers, cleaning ladys and the sort. 
>Almost no
>one wants to do those jobs, because they are boring, low pay and low 
>status. Alas
>the Dutch track record in education is much better then yours. Because 
>educations
>are attainable (read affordable and good) for everyone with half a brain 
>and some
>sense. So people usually go for it and make sure they are educated. And right
>they are.
>
>Sonja


Oh, for some good, cheap robots.  Thoroughly programmed with the Three 
Laws, of course . . .


-- Ronn!  :)