The industrial revolution created a ton of jobs. Lots of people were needed in the factories. The industrial revolution wasn&#x27;t about automating jobs that had existed before, it was about increasing productivity. A single skilled craftsmen could only make 1 chair a day, but 100 children working in a factory could make 1,000 chairs a day.<p>The only people who lost jobs were skilled craftsmen, who made up a tiny percent of the population anyway. And they weren&#x27;t really lost, just replaced with lots of unskilled work.<p>Agriculture automation came years later, and the farmers weren&#x27;t entirely screwed because they mostly still owned the land. If you own the robot that replaces you, you aren&#x27;t necessarily worse off.<p>The coming technological revolution is entirely about automation. And not just automating skilled jobs, but most unskilled ones. A large percent of the population will be affected.