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It's not clear why your analogy wouldn't have implied the end of white collar work when computers were first invented or when the internet was invented. Both of those should have been massive productivity boosts which meant the workers would have to go elsewhere to feed themselves. Instead Jevon's paradox kicks in every time.




Counterexample, not analogy.



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