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by Negitivefrags 5044 days ago
Each time menial jobs are removed via automation, in theory all of those now jobless people are freed to work better jobs. In reality, better jobs need more training and technical skills.

It may be due to education or just human nature, but most are unwilling or unable to adapt and learn.

If we are not careful we will end up with a techno-illiterate underclass that are unable to find any work due to not having skills beyond what was required in the jobs that are now replaced by automation.