"Automated" jobs language reminds me of the old saw that "Technology is stuff that didn't exist when I was a kid". Entire industries worth of jobs have been "au

"Automated" jobs language reminds me of the old saw that "Technology is stuff that didn't exist when I was a kid". Entire industries worth of jobs have been "automated" away over the past couple of centuries. Say, 150 years ago, you needed to move a ton of rock a hundred yards. How was it done? By hand. You needed to harvest an entire field of grain. How was it done? By hand. A couple of centuries ago, virtually everyone was employed in farming. Now, hardly anyone is. Powered vehicles and hydraulic lifting wiped out more jobs than computers ever have.