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Are you aware of what happens when the amount of value that can be produced from workers exceeds the demand? Salaries get demolished, jobs get cut.


existing* jobs; but it also opens up entire new markets that weren't feasible prior.

In the US as an example; ~150 years ago 80% of the population had to farm to feed the country. Today it's 1%. Yea; '97% of jobs lost!' - but it gave the workforce the power/freedom to build other new/amazing things also.

I know that's a trite example; but I like it as it makes it clear that the status quo is not an immutable (or entirely positive) thing.




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