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idapitbwidiuatabip OP t1_iszyjg4 wrote

Reply to comment by plummbob in Ikea is trialing driverless truck deliveries in Texas. by idapitbwidiuatabip

I didn't say that...

Did you hit your head?

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plummbob t1_it06ks8 wrote

If people are being "displaced" by automation (and by extension, trade, since they are functionally the same), why is the participation rate rising for 50 years? shouldn't it be falling?

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idapitbwidiuatabip OP t1_it08ros wrote

You have to factor in women increasingly entering the workforce between 1950-2000, and the Baby Boomers becoming working age in the 60's.

But obviously, jobs have been displaced by automation in that time.

You see examples daily.

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