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Every technological revolution spreads more rapidly than the last, so it's novel almost by definition. The internet gradual expanded over 2-3 decades, long enough to give most people, and the economy, the chance to keep up. This is happening far more rapidly.

As the article mentions, even if it is like other technical revolutions, it could still mean multiple generations of hardship. The economic pain of job displacement in the industrial revolution took 70 years to overcome.

It's been true in the past for the generation that's living through the technical revolution. The Industrial Revolution was a very grim time to be a worker.

There is a world of difference between the situation for labour being grim, and labour ceasing to exist.

what if I tell you it has been in decline all along? we just barely kept up with it. just look at the birth rates.

this turkey has been watching chickens, pigs, cows in line. now is time for Thanksgiving. and we are the turkey.