> It will provide an entire cohort of CEOs with the mandate to invest heavily in automation to bridge the gap. Companies are already investing in automation as

> It will provide an entire cohort of CEOs with the mandate to invest heavily in automation to bridge the gap. Companies are already investing in automation as much as they possibly can. It doesn't matter what human workers do. It doesn't matter if they demand fair wages or allow themselves to be exploited. Companies will toss their human workers aside like trash and replace them with machines as soon as it becomes possible regardless. Companies will always benefit from replacing human workers with machines. Machines don't get sick, they don't get other employees sick, they don't steal, they don't show up late, they don't take vacation, they don't have kids or family emergencies, they don't get your company caught up in sexual harassment lawsuits, they don't join unions, they don't become whistleblowers, they don't sleep, and most importantly they never say "No". Human labor is always going to be worse for a company than automation. You can't scare employees into accepting abuse out of fear of the Bogeyman of automation, because it's coming as fast as it can for them regardless. The best workers can do is fight to put themselves in the best financial position they can today, so that they can better hold out while society figures out what to do after human workers are no longer needed.