From: Ben Goertzel (ben@goertzel.org)
Date: Mon Mar 01 2004 - 12:20:18 MST
Yes, but there are all kinds of definitions and assumptions going into the
production of statistics like this. You can't just take numbers from
reports and draw serious conclusions from them.
-- Ben G
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sl4@sl4.org [mailto:owner-sl4@sl4.org]On Behalf Of Tomaz
> Kristan
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 12:34 PM
> To: sl4@sl4.org
> Subject: RE: [SL4] AI --> Jobless Economy
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> On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 09:10:36 -0500, "Ben Goertzel" wrote:
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> > I feel strongly that there's something wrong with the
> > statistics on which
> > you're basing your reasoning.
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> See for yourself!
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> http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
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> Quote from table B. Thousands of jobs.
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> January........130,356
> February.......130,235
> March..........130,084
> April..........130,062
> May............129,986
> June...........129,903
> July...........129,846
> August.........129,881
> September......129,980
> October........130,080
> November.......130,123
> December(p)....130,124
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> A steady number of jobs - at the most. While the number
> of people does grow for nearly 1% per year for a long
> time now.
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> Quote table A. Unemployment rates
> Q1___Q2___Q3___Q4
> All workers.......6.1__5.9__5.9__5.7
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