Just around the corner

[red-beard]

There are so many things that are "just around the corner". We've been promised a lot of things.

Nuclear Fusion
Male Birth control pills
Stuff to make us live to 100+ years old
Flying cars

What else is "just around the corner" ?

[azasadny]

Improving economy...

[BeyGon]

Energy Independence

Or is that tied to Nuclear Fusion

[Burnin' oil]

My neighbor?


Wait, what was the question again? I don't get it.

[lane912]

cure for gingers-

[scottmandue]

Paperless office.

Free WIFI... isn't there a town somewhere that has free WIFI everywhere?

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by BeyGon

Energy Independence

I saw collection of video clips going back to Nixon of every President promising this.

[GH85Carrera]

I still want my jet pack!

[A930Rocket]

Blow job...

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

Blow job...

Where? What corner?

[island911]

World Peace

[Por_sha911]

Hope and cha... aw, never mind.
I want my flying car they promised at the `63 NY World's Fair.

[Shuie]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I still want my jet pack!

^

This

[Racerbvd]

[dan88911]

A shorter work week and more leisure time.

[lane912]

Originally Posted by dan88911

a shorter work week and more leisure time.

+1
+1
+1
+1

[lane912]

would shortening the work week to 30 hrs create more jobs?

[red-beard]

Yes, but, your wage per hour would remain the same, possibly lower. So your yearly pay will go down.

Productivity is a crap shoot. If you run 4 shifts per day at 6 hours per day, there are losses for change over. OTOH, productivity may increase since the workforce should be "fresher".

The labor cost will go up, since the benefits will now be given to more people. Healthcare, retirement, etc, make up a significant portion of labor costs. And it will probably be easier to hit OT, since you only need to exceed 30 hours per week.

Also all of these new people would need to be trained, which is costly.

Finally, are there sufficient people to do this? At my last company, they could not find enough code certified welders in Oklahoma City. They hired losts of guys to do the non-code stuff and then tried to train the ones to become code approved. The problem was that not all of the non-code guys had what it takes to become code approved.

A lot of the chronic unemployment in this country is from people who are not able to be retrained to the newer types of jobs. The lower level jobs have been moved to places where they can be done for overall lower costs (Wages/Taxes/Work Rules/Environmental rules).

[scottmandue]

Life like robotic women!

And please don't post the creepy Japanese robo girl.