Life In Scarborough: Jobs That Won't Exist Tomorrow, In Scarborough
I was sitting in my favorite Scarborough workin' man's pub today, listening to a couple of truck drivers talk. They had just got off shift and were discussing an accident on the 401 . "Scrape 'em off and get it clear" was their general attitude (although I should note it doesn't look like anyone was injured in this particular incident). They're both nearing 60; they talked of when Kingston Road was called Highway 2, and York Road before that, conveying traffic from Toronto to the Eastern settlements a century ago. Because they drive, and this kind of history is important to them. Then they got talking about "self driving vehicles" for a bit, skeptically and cautiously. But they're fine. They'll retire before that wave of innovation hits. But after them comes a vacuum. Because a self-driving car won't "know" anything; it will just store data.