Comment on The Automation ParadoxparentComments−maxerickson10yYes, it did cause a massive dislocation. And it isn't over yet, people are still moving to cities.−beat10yYep. I didn't phrase that well - it caused dislocation, but not permanent unemployment. Society adapted, and new careers came into being that couldn't have existed when we were devoting all our human capital to manual labor on the farm.
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Yes, it did cause a massive dislocation. And it isn't over yet, people are still moving to cities.
Yep. I didn't phrase that well - it caused dislocation, but not permanent unemployment. Society adapted, and new careers came into being that couldn't have existed when we were devoting all our human capital to manual labor on the farm.