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Technology also allows 1 person to do the work of 10 creating a larger supply of unemployed people. Since right-to-live-well is tied to "productivity" and holding a job, technology in the abstract has also enabled this large pool or workers indirectly.

The part about middlemen is interesting. IMO uber is a better/smaller middleman than the previous one with taxi medallions. The technology that uber provides is connectivity at large scale due to low cost. The article is correct in that if there is nothing to connect, the business doesn't work. It's still comparatively better though, and that's how improvements are made, step by step as people want better and better.