The Next Industrial Revolution Could Put Millions Out of Work
...and it might not auto-magically create new jobs, something which some people repeat as if it is as inevitable as a law of nature.<p>Also, a large part (40-50%?) of the population might not be needed, or even desired, e.g. poor and older people that put a strain in the economy, so, they might be delegated to &quot;b class&quot; citizen status, and might end up living in some developing world like wasteland&#x2F;slums in the next 50 years or so, while another big percentage has service jobs, and a 10-20% of luckier people live in closed communities.<p>It&#x27;s not some sci-fi fantasy, it&#x27;s already in development, and even the norm in lots of parts of the world, nothing (and surely not naive techno-optimism) prevents it from coming to the West.