My great great grandfather was a Cooper. He had friends in the carriage industry. When cars were starting to get big it was obvious what to do: take their years

My great great grandfather was a Cooper. He had friends in the carriage industry. When cars were starting to get big it was obvious what to do: take their years of experience making buggy cars, and now make automobile cars. I’m not so certain that the current pattern of automation is the same as the last. In the past, the automation shifted labor jobs around. The new automation is of labor itself. Asking people to exit the labor market & move to a new market is harder than I think your optimism merits.