The Debate About Job Loss from Automation Is Missing the Point

The Debate About Job Loss from Automation Is Missing the Point

gualtiero boffi / Shutterstock.com Nearly every day, we see another news story or think piece about how automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence will change the way we work. Some of these stories are frightening in that they predict significant job losses associated with these new technologies. On Thursday, for example, Quartz’ s Michael Coren warned that the development of self-driving vehicles may happen so fast that it upends the trucking industry: The US trucking industry has few dominant players, and most survive on thin margins, so there is little appetite for splashing out on new technology. That implies new […]

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