Over the last few months it has become trendy to jump on the neo-Luddite bandwagon and bemoan how machines are taking our jobs, and as automation gathers pace, they will take our jobs in never before seen numbers. It’s led to a renewed emphasis on policies such as the Universal Basic Income.
I’m inclined to think that much of this is simply bandwagon jumping, and have that the notion that the current revolution is somehow different to all of those in the past is not born out by the evidence, whilst at the same time admitting that governments are largely […]
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