This transformation can be compared to the beginnings of the industrial revolution two centuries ago. It is a result of the spread of automation. But the unemployed will not be only blue-collar workers; a large number of administrative and managerial white-collar jobs will also disappear.
這個與二百年前工業革命堪可比擬的職場變革，顯示自動化普及的結果，失業的將不只是藍領勞工，企業為因應變革所進行的「扁平化」，也使得大量行政、管理的白領工作消失。