>How many jobs have developers helped displace in business and industry? I don't think it's controversial that we become fair game for that same automation process we've been leading.
historically when has that sort of 'tit-for-tat' style of argument ever been helpful?
the correct approach would be "we've observed first hand the problems that we've cause for society, how can we avoid creating such problems for any person in the future?"
It might seem self-serving, and it is, but 'two wrongs don't make a right'. Let's try to fix such problems rather than serving our sentence as condemned individuals.
> historically when has that sort of 'tit-for-tat' style of argument ever been helpful?
It's not tit-for-tat, it's a wake up call. As in, what exactly do you think we've been doing with our skills and time?
> ""we've observed first hand the problems that we've cause for society"...
But not everyone agrees that this is actually a problem. There was a time when being a blacksmith or a weaver was a very highly paid profession, and as technology improved and the workforce became larger, large wages could no longer be commanded. Of course the exact same thing is going to happen to developers, at least to some extent.
historically when has that sort of 'tit-for-tat' style of argument ever been helpful?
the correct approach would be "we've observed first hand the problems that we've cause for society, how can we avoid creating such problems for any person in the future?"
It might seem self-serving, and it is, but 'two wrongs don't make a right'. Let's try to fix such problems rather than serving our sentence as condemned individuals.