Stopping technological progress because its unfair feels absurd.
And (simplified) the CEO of Uber is somehow entitled to receive the incomes of millions of truck drivers combined, even though all he did was just raising a lot of money, and be in the right place at the right time?
> Stopping technological progress because its unfair feels absurd.
That was not what I said. But it wouldn't be absurd if it was grossly unfair.
It's interesting that yours is one of a couple of replies that say stopping progress would be a bad thing. But the OP didn't suggest stopping. There's no reason why you can't progress technically while also considering the human impact of what you're doing. Yes, you might move slower, but humanity will be better off as a result.
When globalization was pushed, the government passed laws to help retrain workers. Maybe it was just a band-aid, but, it was something.
Perhaps the government should intervene to direct some of the automation toward producing free housing.