> This is the true opportunity of technology: it extends human capability. There is way too much handwringing about the possibility of technology eliminating hu

> This is the true opportunity of technology: it extends human capability. There is way too much handwringing about the possibility of technology eliminating human jobs, and way too little imagining new jobs that could only be done with the help of technology. This is true. It's also true that we're about to be at a point where extending the capability of a couple of central operators at a trucking company is going to introduce significant volatility (being unemployed in an economy that no longer values your current skills) to thousands of people's lives. Whether or not that is a long term issue or a short term instability is irrelevant (though other than some historical hand waving -- it didn't happen last time! -- there's little evidence that it will be particularly short term), we still need policy to support those people.