> I am in favor of doing whatever it takes to financially support people whose jobs are being replaced by automation while they seek new work, though. Loads of

> I am in favor of doing whatever it takes to financially support people whose jobs are being replaced by automation while they seek new work, though. Loads of people say this, and I do too, but it's also important to realize that this basically doesn't happen. Retraining doesn't materially exist and hasn't been shown to work en masse, while the American safety net for unemployment-without-retraining is minimal. The challenge isn't "finding new work." It's "being suitable for any work." And we still seem to try to avoid grappling with that problem.