As Tech Evaporates Jobs, “The Tipping Point Will Be Driverless Trucks”
A century ago there were people [1] whose job was to manually light street lamps. How did they transition into the advent of electricity?<p>There&#x27;s been countless other jobs where previously-essential human participation was rendered unnecessary by technology, sometimes with entire social classes finding themselves unemployed; why should this time be any different? How can it be different?<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Lamplighter" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Lamplighter</a><p>Also interesting: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Link-boy" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Link-boy</a>