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comment by bioemerl
bioemerl  ·  3159 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Welcome to the Third Industrial Revolution

New jobs will be made as old ones are replaced. Nobody in the 1600's could have imagined working in an office. Nobody today will imagine what jobs will be like tomorrow. Things that aren't common, luxuries not expected, will become common, and those luxuries will likely require human input.

Secondly, we have a democracy, and a functional (enough) one to ensure that if enough people are truly out of work, if enough people are displaced, the government will take steps to fix the system.

Kickstarter, youtube, 3D printing, we are seeing more and more signs of a creative-maker type economy where people custom design and produce highly specialized products for other people. It's these sorts who will become the next computer scientists, as computer science has replaced the secretary.

In short, I agree with the article, or what I read of it. Jobs aren't going to disappear, or go down in number in the long run.