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mbgerringyesterday at 8:06 PM2 repliesview on HN

I don’t understand why so many people are convinced that “this time is different.” New tools raise the ceiling of what’s possible. New jobs emerge at the limit of what’s possible with new tools. The jobs doing what we do today will disappear. New jobs with greater complexity and specialization will emerge. I have watched this happen in the software industry in my lifetime. I expect that it will continue to happen.


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jhrmnnyesterday at 8:16 PM

This can’t be sustainable, there must be a limit in human biology as to how complex jobs we can handle. More and more people will fall under that threshold.

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borziyesterday at 8:38 PM

It's not different. If you haven't already, read "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds".