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Spirited-Meringue829 t1_j8231vf wrote

Reply to comment by CedarAndFerns in North American companies notch another record year for robot orders by darth_nadoma

Well...consider some thought everyone would be out of work during the Industrial Revolution. People were actively rebelling and destroying machines.

Expect if 50% of jobs disappear, the same thing will happen now as then -- new jobs will appear that we cannot conceive of today. We will never be satisfied with the level of output machines can provide. The demand for human capital will certainly not disappear in our lifetimes.

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darth_nadoma OP t1_j88n58w wrote

Independent tailors and cobblers were all put out of business and forced to work at factory

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