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by bawana 3868 days ago
We will be seeing more of this kind of stuff as the world gets more complicated. Obviously, there are not enough people who know how to troubleshoot computer networks, debug poorly written legacy code and simply maintain the complex realtime systems that are used to automate buildings, boats and planes. I can imagine pilots will continue to be required on planes for this reason even though planes largely can fly themselves. Same thing with reading topo maps - a skill that all infantry will continue to need even though they have gps. In a sense, this is insurance needed to protect us from "the ghosts of Luddites'.