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Long-term, statistically, sure - but there are real consequences to people losing their jobs over automation, in that the skillset they built up over the years has suddenly become useless. They usually do not grow into a higher position, instead they have to find something else, take a pay cut, or end up unemployed and part of the statistics.

So yeah, on a macro scale there is no evidence that automation causes job loss, but on an individual level it definitely does. It's personal tragedies. What would you do if you lost your job because a system took over? What if you're in your fifties and you find your ability to learn new things is severely diminished? What if you're that age and employers won't hire you because there's people younger, smarter, more energetic than you, or a machine can do the job you're applying to?



My skills were getting badly out of date.

Took some positions I wasn’t comfortable with so I would be forced to learn again.

It was many months of pain. But I’m now super in demand now despite my age.

Certainly meet lots of people that learn a skill that’s not in demand. Heck, I have daily talks with daughter about having a backup option aside from “trick riding”

Success is more about being adaptable




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