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I'm not really on board with either the doomsayers or their reassuring don't-be-a-luddite adversaries.

OTOH, It think statements like "capitalism itself may be under threat" are not necessarily nonsensical. Our world is changing incredibly fast. People in their 30s went to school without computers. People in their 40s started work without computers. People in their teens have grown up using the internet as a semi-integrated part of their brain.

That's slightly hyperbolic I suppose, but it isn't nonsensical. The impact of technology on labour markets is profound in a way that genuinely challenges primary cultural institutions, like the concept of your profession. If you are a social media manager in 2014 what will you be doing in 2044?

Who TF knows where cultural institutions need to go to keep up with the changing realities of this world. Capitalism, representative democracy, education, family. These are all institutions that will need to find a way to survive.