Doris Liou A universal basic income advocate responds to “ Burned-Over Territory .”
As many as 1.8 million long-haul truck drivers . Tens of thousands of radiologists and accountants . The entire field of journalism . Some experts believe these careers and more— nearly half of all the jobs existing today, by one estimation—could become a thing of the past in the next two decades. Almost three-quarters of the country is terrified about the future of automation and the upheaval it will bring.
Of course, fears about our coming obsolescence are as old as the apocryphal Ned Ludd . But […]
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