how would factory good be made without bad jobs?

[dwixi]

Things that are really great like washing machines telphones and computer are all made in factories. Theres no other way really! you need a big team of people doing it all day to get the results.
How do we deal with this?

[RT Wolf]

Most of those things are now made by machines...sometimes put together by humans.

So, I suppose my point is that we're making machines that make machines. In the future, we will make even more flexible machines that can make a variety of machines. The other thing is that we'll combine various things, like my computer doubles as a tv, a gaming console, telephone, letters, etc.

Why do you ask?

A better question would be how do we make clothes or shoes. Those require signfiicant manual labour.

[dwixi]

Originally Posted by RT Wolf

Most of those things are now made by machines...sometimes put together by humans.

So, I suppose my point is that we're making machines that make machines. In the future, we will make even more flexible machines that can make a variety of machines. The other thing is that we'll combine various things, like my computer doubles as a tv, a gaming console, telephone, letters, etc.

Why do you ask?

A better question would be how do we make clothes or shoes. Those require signfiicant manual labour.

I think alot of the problem of clothes would be solved if it wasnt for the culture of buying things we really dont need. computers and washing machines are things that we "need" more if you know what I meen?
And I asked becuase I was wondering how long it would be untill we could all be happy in what we do
Is automation in making goods they only way to enable us to all do somthing meaningfull?

[Eric Revelin]

Some people are perfectly happy working in factories. They really don't want anything more meaningful.

The culture of excess wouldn't get rid of the need for clothes and shoes. Those are fundamental unless you live in a nudist colony. Get rid of the excess and we'd need a lot less clothes and shoes, but we'd still need them, and thus we'd need the labor.

[Brutha]

There something called the "Internet of things"-movement.

Maybe we will have a RepRap that is able to create shoes and clothes in ten years.
Maybe we will also have grow-a-shoe technology.

[seeker5]

Originally Posted by dwixi

Things that are really great like washing machines telphones and computer are all made in factories. Theres no other way really! you need a big team of people doing it all day to get the results.
How do we deal with this?

I've worked in a factory for a short while. I hated it, and got out of it relatively quickly.

But I know some people who absolutely love it - both at the "bottom level" type of employee as well as the management-type level of employees. For them, a factory job is a great job.