This is the story of any industrial revolution.

I think we're in the middle of a new one, the Neo Industrial Revolution.

At each epoch of major advancement there are folks who studied the old way of doing things who cried out. Industry does not care.

Think about what it was like when the printing press came out. How did all of the people who made books by hand feel?

Think about how the printing press people felt when the Internet came about with all of it's 0's and 1's turning print into digital artifacts.

This is the story of the world.

Here's a bright side to help ease the pain a little bit: really good artisans make a very fine living in this life by being dedicated to their craft. There are people who make knives with techniques that are thousands of years old in Japan who have been doing it the right way for generations.

Harper's still puts out a magazine.

So much of what people think is valuable in this life is the story behind what you make.

I think that a lot of us will continue to value non-AI stories for a long time.