Will Advances in Technology Create a Jobless Future? | MIT Technology Review - 0 views
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OECD warns that income inequality is now undermining economic growth.
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Many economists see little convincing evidence that advances in technology will be responsible for a net decrease in the number of jobs, or that what we’re undergoing is any different from earlier transitions when technology destroyed some jobs but improved employment opportunities over time
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Allowing a large number of workers to become irrelevant in the technology-centric economy would be a huge waste of human talent and ambition
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Speculating about such far-fetched possibilities is a distraction in thinking about how to address future concerns, much less existing job woes.