Comments on: Population Trends and Job Creation http://codyaray.com/2011/01/population-trends-and-job-creation Design. Technology. Sustainability. Education. Entrepreneurship. Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:55:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: The real Tyler Drown http://codyaray.com/2011/01/population-trends-and-job-creation#comment-489 The real Tyler Drown Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:55:05 +0000 http://codyaray.com/?p=733#comment-489 Hey! I had two dashes in the sentence “designers–or engineers”, an “—”.
-TSD

]]> By: Tyler Drown http://codyaray.com/2011/01/population-trends-and-job-creation#comment-488 Tyler Drown Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:13:57 +0000 http://codyaray.com/?p=733#comment-488 Automation of parts of the manufacturing process has taken away manufacturing jobs since the advent of manufacturing, it’s a constant cycle. As new goods are created, people refine practices on making those goods. Nevertheless, a 30% increase in demand of manufactures goods which are produced with 20% less manpower than 30 years ago still means a net-increase of manufacturing jobs. By 1950, tons-of-steel, cars-manufactured, barrels-of-oil-produced, et cetera were all much less per-employee than they were in 1900, which in turn was much less than per-employee in 1850.

“Recent work suggests that creative work will replace much of the procedural work of the last half century”
But how much? Not everyone can be designers–or engineers. The knowledge based-economy has its limits. We are not in a post-abundance society where resources and material goods are completely insubstantial. That’s my thoughts on the matter.

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