> Note that the decoupling correlates closely with the computerization of society/business around the mid-1980s. Something I have only recently been realizing

> Note that the decoupling correlates closely with the computerization of society/business around the mid-1980s. Something I have only recently been realizing is just how much of a business transaction is not automated yet. There are still many, many jobs that involve updating Excel spreadsheets. I think people tend to equate "manual labor" with physical labor. There are a ton of business/cubeville jobs that will get automated in the next 20 years. It will take that long because businesses can still make money with manual business processes, they just can't scale. And it takes a special kind of business owner to care, to want to grow beyond a successful business to a billion dollar enterprise.