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Op-ed: Why everything that can be automated, should be automated: Levi Strauss CFO — Harmit Singh,

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No-brainer. Increased efficiency and productivity, lower costs, and standardized production. The Luddite argument doesn't apply since jobs that can be automated and robotized are "shit jobs" that machines should be doing rather than people, whose time can be put to better use. Paid leisure is a better use but there are a lot of other substitutes for "shit jobs." Of course, this would require re-configuring the system, which is both an economic and political matter, but it is doable.NetNet CNBCOp-ed: Why everything that can be automated, should be automated: Levi Strauss CFOHarmit Singh, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Levi Strauss & Co. Singh is a member of the CNBC Global CFO CouncilSee alsoProject SyndicateA Second Chance for Global DevelopmentRebeca

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No-brainer. Increased efficiency and productivity, lower costs, and standardized production. The Luddite argument doesn't apply since jobs that can be automated and robotized are "shit jobs" that machines should be doing rather than people, whose time can be put to better use. Paid leisure is a better use but there are a lot of other substitutes for "shit jobs." Of course, this would require re-configuring the system, which is both an economic and political matter, but it is doable.

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Op-ed: Why everything that can be automated, should be automated: Levi Strauss CFO

Harmit Singh, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Levi Strauss & Co. Singh is a member of the CNBC Global CFO Council

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A Second Chance for Global Development
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