Comment by Ntrails
9 days ago
It's simply a case of looking back and deciding this technical revolution is identical to the ones preceding it. Thus jobs destroyed will be replaced with new jobs, it always happens that way.
Of course past performance is no guarantee of future success...
> jobs destroyed will be replaced with new jobs
Not for horses though, or at least not the majority of them. Some were kept as pets or essentially status objects. In this case we are the horses.
And glue, you forgot glue. Maybe we'll get the Matrix plot line where we become human glue. Or, uh, batteries.
95% of human farmers lost their jobs because of industrial revolution. What happened then? No jobs were created and we still have 95% unemployment, right?
> In this case we are the horses.
This is assuming the conclusion. The entire question is whether we are the horses or every other example of humans in the past who found other employment that was inconceivable previous to the technological revolution that rendered their old job irrelevant.
But you are ignoring the substantial difference between previous technical revolutions, this time technology not replacing a mechanical operation.
Horses don't pay tax. The reason we have jobs is to pay tax.
Horses couldn't revolt.
And we won’t. Uber Eats Burger Reich and all.