Yes, that's what civilization -> industrialization -> automation does: eliminate jobs, which opens up opportunities for new jobs. you are no longer an animal s

Yes, that's what civilization -> industrialization -> automation does: eliminate jobs, which opens up opportunities for new jobs. you are no longer an animal spending most of your waking life searching for food, nor do you build your own shelter, make your own clothes, construct tools, etc yes, automation seeks to eliminate factory jobs, most of them are pretty awful anyway. this opens up new options as every step along the way always has and yes, the change isn't always easy for the folks that have to find something new