“Silicon Valley is right—our jobs are already disappearing”
“Actually, automation has already eliminated about four million manufacturing jobs in the US since 2000. And instead of finding new jobs, a lot of those people left the workforce and didn’t come back. The US labor force plummeted by about 10 million during the same period, down to levels not seen in decades. The labor participation rate is now at only 62.7%”
“Silicon Valley is right—our jobs are already disappearing”
“Actually, automation has already eliminated about four million manufacturing jobs in the US since 2000. And instead of finding new jobs, a lot of those people left the workforce and didn’t come back. The US labor force plummeted by about 10 million during the same period, down to levels not seen in decades. The labor participation rate is now at only 62.7%”
https://qz.com/895681/silicon-valley-is-right-our-jobs-are-already-disappearing-due-to-automation/