I'd argue that the biggest problem is not new technology and how it replaces workers - it's the increasing rate of change of technology, and increase in speed of new waves that replace / commoditize industries. In otherwords, I worry that we'll eventually get to a place where every month there's something dramatically better/more efficient coming out that will replace the jobs done by regular people. People take time to learn, and re-education for the jobs available will not be instant. That means that if the group of available jobs changes too quickly, we may find ourselves with a growing and unfillable skill gap, since nobody can learn the new skills fast enough to actually use those skills in production.
What are your thoughts? I'd like to pick apart this issue.
What are your thoughts? I'd like to pick apart this issue.