He touches on the idea of humans having the past laid out before them, with the future to their backs. But then, as you say, fails to get to the realization tha

He touches on the idea of humans having the past laid out before them, with the future to their backs. But then, as you say, fails to get to the realization that paying attention to the present isn't going to give us any predictions for how strong-AI, or even non-routine AI is going to change the job prospects for humans. Robots are expensive, but servers aren't.