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But < 2% of Americans anyway work in agriculture. Down from 98% a century or two ago.
And US population grew by what, 50% in 30 years? But jobs by 25%. Manufacturing jobs dropped steadily as a pct of population. Because, automation?
It's often repeated that automation just allows people to get better jobs running the robots. Trouble is, 2 people run a robot that replaced 200.
Just ask Detroit how much automation benefitted jobs.
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But < 2% of Americans anyway work in agriculture. Down from 98% a century or two ago.
And US population grew by what, 50% in 30 years? But jobs by 25%. Manufacturing jobs dropped steadily as a pct of population. Because, automation?
It's often repeated that automation just allows people to get better jobs running the robots. Trouble is, 2 people run a robot that replaced 200.
Just ask Detroit how much automation benefitted jobs.