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[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Oh, absolutely. But look at the credits for rendered films, there are three times as many creative types working on them, maybe more. The secret to those films is that no one person comes up with all the stuff that makes them great.

Yes, they're labor intensive at the moment. Each person or group working on such a little portion of the film means they pour their creative juices into the details to amuse themselves, and the people they work with. The Disney animators did the same thing for the same reason when it was all rendered by hand.

How ever the key is "at the moment". When we try to look down the road at how things will be, we're making assumptions about how robots(technology) will advance. That's why I picture one dude/dudette, sitting at a mic dictating the story line to a completely automated production robot(s).

But once again...

Maybe my imagination is too far in the future... but

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

On the other hand, the number who are making a living at it is exponentially higher than it used to be.

Even better: jobs will exist which we do not know about today, and can't even anticipate, because we don't know what advances will come about.

We look at the jobs which will go away, and we have fear. Look at the jobs that have gone away in our lifetime and our parents' lifetimes. Every office had a POOL of people whose job it was to merely type things. Every single telephone switch had a human making connections manually and speaking to the users. Every elevator had a person whose job it was to close the doors and raise and lower the car. These jobs are gone. They have mostly been replaced with better ones.

How many jobs have been created since 1914. Here is a list of the 50 most common job titles in the US. Let's just do the top 10. Did these exist 100 years ago?

Physical therapist - did not exist
Occupational therapist - did not exist
Administrative Assistant - did not exist
Teller - existed
Registered Nurse - existed
Manager - existed
Project Manager - did not exist
Driver - existed
Customer Service Representative - did not exist
Accountant - existed

These are not just any jobs, these are the most common jobs today, and in 1914 half of them were not recognized professions. Onto Clod's list of what she, and we, anticipate are the kinds of jobs that will be more popular in the future. Did they exist 100 years ago?

Videogame designer - did not exist
Interior designer - did not exist
Fashion designer - existed but in lower numbers
Live performers - existed but in lower numbers
Musicians - existed but in lower numbers
ALL movie jobs - existed
Massage therapist - did not exist
Childcare - did not exist except for the rich
Eldercare - did not exist or was vastly different
Dentistry - existed but in lower numbers
Teachers - existed
Chef - existed but in lower numbers, mostly for the rich, our restaurant culture had not yet evolved
Judges/Jurors - existed but juror not a profession
Trial lawyers - existed

The history of humanity so far is we get richer, smarter, healthier and right now we are at the peak of a game that began tens of thousands of years ago. There is no reason this trend should stop. In fact it's accelerating, with billions of people suddenly turning productive.

No need to fear. The jobs are going to be plentiful, and they are going to ROCK. And we will probably work 4 hours a day, if the last 100 years tell us anything about the next 100.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Back to video... the top 100 most iconic movie scenes... don't worry it only takes four and a half minutes.

[Clodfobble]

Dude, what? They include a shot from Jurassic Park, but it wasn't this one?



That's some bullshit, right there.

[Gravdigr]

Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Claims he's Asian Vitruvian Man, but I think he's the son of Kung Fu.

[chrisinhouston]

Fascinating featurette on how the best ballet shoes are made. I had no idea how much work went into making them and how they still use a very old hand made process that many shoe and boot makers used until modern techniques came to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKBTtVTT3qA#t=1409

[BigV]

I was wondering how he'd keep his fingers from being scissored off. Very beautiful, very balletic performance.

[chrisinhouston]

Yes and he slices away material with the razor so fast. I also wondered how he pounds that hammer to shape the toe but doesn't mar the finish on the satin material.

[BigV]

heh.

ACTUALLY, I was referring to the video xoB posted. The fingers of the street performer.

However, I have returned to the link you posted and he's putting his fingers at risk too, no question. I watched him touch up his razor to slice off the selvedge and winced a little. By the way, your link needs some editing. It starts well into the video, bypassing practically all of the construction bits.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

Yes and he slices away material with the razor so fast. I also wondered how he pounds that hammer to shape the toe but doesn't mar the finish on the satin material.

I'd say that the face of his hammer is immaculately clean, and highly polished.

[chrisinhouston]

Sorry, must have copied the link wrong.

http://youtu.be/RKBTtVTT3qA?t=1s

[xoxoxoBruce]

It's the same video, just the first link jumps to 23 minutes into it.

[lumberjim]

Re: Chinese hoop rider... This guy clearly stays so thin because he must vomit after each practice. I'm a little green from watching him

[xoxoxoBruce]

This is to long unless you're really interested in the history of HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar.