Few weeks ago I spoke with a friend about the future of all jobs, overpopulation, robotics and future professions. Since working with young people, he noticed the rising use of professional software by people without professional skills. So, the question that finally popped was "Do you afraid people will use some CAD program to design their house, and architects won't be needed any more?"
Really, is there such problem to worry about? How far will this human replacement go? Should we be happy to have more spare time or worried for losing our jobs? Is DIY really applicable to everything?
Fun fact: The average American works roughly 200 fewer hours per year than they did in 1950.
To clear one thing first: personally, I have no worries about the stack/flow of work. As a techno freak, I even communicate easier with machines than with humans (ok, not really). I used to hate talking to the operator in any support- or info-service.
It changed, when I got few times into a neverending circle of please-press-this please-press-that while trying to get what I wanted. At the end I was frustrated not to have any human being to scream to all the F words I know. Later I learned all customer service is set up to:
a) avoid unsatisfied customers by no-direct communication
b) avoid wrong questions unsatisfied customers may ask (if they somehow make it to the level of the operator)
c) avoid responsibility by basically making customer a lunatic with no brain and/or ability to read User manual
d) avoid ANY mentioning of moneyback guarantee and/or product replacement. In case of emergency "I don't hear you well" "connection loss" "bad signal" are the options.
Funny thing is capitalism brought us some greatest and worst things, giving us a sort of paradox only time travel can be compared to. Yes, we love having tens of thousands of products in the supermarket but, who has enough time to see the variety, not to mention to try all of it. Yes, healthy/unhealthy variety is stalking from every package, but do we really see the print on the package, and do we know to decipher it? As someone who works in art & design, I can say product design really reached the top, but do we REALLY need someone who designs sunglasses plexy window stands?
All went too far, and so did robotization.
Yes, you may use CAD software to make an e-house (if you're enthusiast, I may suggest a proper software for you), you may even use the 3D printer to make it onsite. Bad thing is it isn't a house, and you're not an architect. Sorry to disappoint you, but you're not.
Yes, you may use Photoshop or Corel to draw something that might be printed later and hang it on the wall. You guessed correct, it is not an art, you aren't an artist.
Just like you wouldn't operate your sick liver because you "saw how to do that on YouTube", you shouldn't do the same thing with everything else in your life. Serious products are made by serious professionals that know how to do that and avoid all the obstacles on the way to success.
What is missing in any DIY mess is basically lack of in-depth knowledge, or lack of the human (im)perfection. This is the reason why good CGI designers add imperfections into their work-then it doesn't look "plastic".
To be honest, I do myself a lot of things, some of it successfully, some not so very much. What I believe is important is continuing lifelong learning and improvement of skills but not to the point of obsession. Only that way it is called a hobby, unless you bought this one-way ticket:
Really, is there such problem to worry about? How far will this human replacement go? Should we be happy to have more spare time or worried for losing our jobs? Is DIY really applicable to everything?
Fun fact: The average American works roughly 200 fewer hours per year than they did in 1950.
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| Human Robot image by BenyBoy @ ImgKid |
It changed, when I got few times into a neverending circle of please-press-this please-press-that while trying to get what I wanted. At the end I was frustrated not to have any human being to scream to all the F words I know. Later I learned all customer service is set up to:
a) avoid unsatisfied customers by no-direct communication
b) avoid wrong questions unsatisfied customers may ask (if they somehow make it to the level of the operator)
c) avoid responsibility by basically making customer a lunatic with no brain and/or ability to read User manual
d) avoid ANY mentioning of moneyback guarantee and/or product replacement. In case of emergency "I don't hear you well" "connection loss" "bad signal" are the options.
Funny thing is capitalism brought us some greatest and worst things, giving us a sort of paradox only time travel can be compared to. Yes, we love having tens of thousands of products in the supermarket but, who has enough time to see the variety, not to mention to try all of it. Yes, healthy/unhealthy variety is stalking from every package, but do we really see the print on the package, and do we know to decipher it? As someone who works in art & design, I can say product design really reached the top, but do we REALLY need someone who designs sunglasses plexy window stands?
All went too far, and so did robotization.
Yes, you may use CAD software to make an e-house (if you're enthusiast, I may suggest a proper software for you), you may even use the 3D printer to make it onsite. Bad thing is it isn't a house, and you're not an architect. Sorry to disappoint you, but you're not.
Yes, you may use Photoshop or Corel to draw something that might be printed later and hang it on the wall. You guessed correct, it is not an art, you aren't an artist.
Just like you wouldn't operate your sick liver because you "saw how to do that on YouTube", you shouldn't do the same thing with everything else in your life. Serious products are made by serious professionals that know how to do that and avoid all the obstacles on the way to success.
What is missing in any DIY mess is basically lack of in-depth knowledge, or lack of the human (im)perfection. This is the reason why good CGI designers add imperfections into their work-then it doesn't look "plastic".
To be honest, I do myself a lot of things, some of it successfully, some not so very much. What I believe is important is continuing lifelong learning and improvement of skills but not to the point of obsession. Only that way it is called a hobby, unless you bought this one-way ticket:
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