Master said:
V12-POWER said:
heavy duty trucks these days are 5 star hotels. you have no clue how easy it is to drive them for long hours. It is a job like any other job in the world and it doesn't require or need migrants
It USED to be a tough job 30 years ago, or when you had no a/c and 2 gear levers (one for each gearbox) now anyone can do it.
Of course, development is the way to improve conditions and make work easier. Also those half-robots, structural supports for the human body, which are used to help people to lift and carry heavy packages more easily are a very good thing and similar things.
I disagree with machine implants. People should instead first undergo an occupational health assessment (some employers do it; for example, Royal Mail here in Britain), then be tutored in proper lifting and carrying technique until it becomes second nature. If one cannot lift and carry the amount specified, they should not be offered a job. It is their responsibility to be fit (and keep fit) for the job they are doing, not the employer's to accommodate them.
So, instead of going home to waste their time watching TV or play videogames, they should to a strength session of their chosen training style. Heavier items are usually lifted by 2 or more people. For example, Amazon instructs you to call your supervisor if a parcel is marked as heavy and he will signal to someone else to help you with.
If someone is fit enough and gets injured over time (not because of accidents), then the problem is the form they use when lifting and carrying items. This is, again, the employee's responsibility. After reasonably long technique training has been given by the employers, employees should keep maintaining their form. If they are in doubt about having acquired it, they should get in touch with HR and sort out extra sessions, and even schedule flexibility training if flexibility is their issue.
Practice makes perfect. Since we're all individual, it can take any amount of time to learn how to properly do things but it keeps you healthy.
Relying on 'half-robots' weakens individuals, who get accustomed to delegating work to automation and letting their strength levels sink. As their body grows weaker, so goes their ability to develop past a certain spiritual level without high risk of auto-combustion.
The only reason I support temporary cyberpunk implements is for feats above and beyond the natural potential of human beings (sans meditation). Ideally, however, one would progress to the point of not needing to rely on these 'half-robots', but having fully open meridians, a strong energy flow, and energy packed everywhere from the fasciae to the organs to the joints etc (i.e. iron body techniques). These gradually push human limits higher and higher and higher.