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by CosmicSteve 2958 days ago
It is valuable for that person, that's how they're generating their income...
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Answering the phone is often not the person's primary job; it may even be a distraction.

Even if a person's job is entirely replaced by a machine, the historical economic impact of automation has not been a reduction in employment nor an increase in inequality as the luddites feared.