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As existing jobs get automated, why would be stop seeing new roles which the automation cannot service?

• chii 13y ago
  The argument is that as more work gets automated, the rate at which new roles get created slowly decreases (indefinitely - as i m sure theres an infinite amount of roles out there). But population increases at a rate faster than new roles come out, and so the logical conclusion would be that there are going to be displaced people that have no roles for them.
  • michas 13y ago
    Also, consider how many people would be incapable of fulfilling such role: if something cannot be done by robot it probably means it requires creativity, intelligence and other assets that are in shortage even in humans.
  • Tycho 13y ago
    But isn't this just rephrasing the question? AFAICS, there is no general trend towards global unemployment, and we've been automating things for a long time already. Why should we now suspect that redundancy will outstrip the volume of new roles?