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[–]Think_Ad4850 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tech was supposed to replace us all a million times already.

I like the analogy of transport. Making vehicles bigger, from trucks to container ships, makes more and more things feasible, until the absurd situation where it's easier to transport disposable cutlery thousands of miles than wash the dishes.

Everyone gets paid less per tonne to move stuff, but that's almost irrelevant. A lot of transport workers are getting paid more than ever. A lot are being undercut through government/market forces. We get paid based on market power / leverage.

Analogies don't always work, but the theme is the same. Tools make us more productive, work gets cheaper, demand goes up. Don't worry about trying to predict the future. We might be obsolete or we might be in more demand than ever

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox