> Automation is a scary specter off in the distance but it's not as actively harmful to people's livelihoods. http://nber.org/papers/w23285 http://nber.org/pap

> Automation is a scary specter off in the distance but it's not as actively harmful to people's livelihoods. http://nber.org/papers/w23285 http://nber.org/papers/w23285 > According to our estimates, one more robot per thousand workers reduces the employment to population ratio by about 0.18-0.34 percentage points and wages by 0.25-0.5 percent. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/opinion/trump-robots-electoral-college.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/opinion/trump-robots-elec... > No single factor such as tech-driven worker anxiety determines local political behavior. But there’s no mistaking that districts that voted Republican in the 2018 election are subject to higher levels of automation exposure.