Okay - so if you are right, and the Globe & Mail is wrong? What economic analysis can you cite from a reputable economic institution to back up what you are saying?  I've heard lots of reputable individuals say what the Globe is saying, with no axe to grind,  about the job killing effects of automation - I'm sure I could dig out lots of backup quickly. What have you got? You really expect as many truck drivers in 20 years? You haven't toured a modern auto assembly plant full of robots? You haven't reviewed the rather modest evolution we have in human job skills?