Is it not our goal as programmers to make manual labor unnecessary? Even if Google (or LexisNexis) is a poor substitute for a librarian, it has likely reduced

Is it not our goal as programmers to make manual labor unnecessary? Even if Google (or LexisNexis) is a poor substitute for a librarian, it has likely reduced the economic demand for simple research. While making society as a whole more wealthy, it permanently removes jobs from the market. If this age-old employment trend were to change, now is exactly when I would expect it to happen.