Sunday, March 29, 2015

Loving Robots

Instapundit Glenn Reynolds is the master of the one sentence aphorism that nails truth. Here's his latest:
The higher the minimum wage, the faster the Age Of Machines is born.
A robot never shows up late or drunk or gets the flu or sexually harasses a coworker or slugs the boss or steals from the company or joins a union or demands overtime or a raise or ... you get the idea.

In order for jobs to continue to exist, workers have to be sufficiently cheaper (or more creative) than machines to force bosses to put up with the grief they cause.