[redwood]

With hardly a mention of automation. ..

[JupiterMoon]

Automation (at the moment) requires a skilled workforce to e.g. build or program the automated system.

[redwood]

Orders of magnitude fewer workers though...

[JupiterMoon]

But far higher paid. And therefore the few good industrial jobs building and running the automated systems should be able to support a large number of service jobs in the wider economy.

[redwood]

Except not if the service jobs are all being automated.