Technological platform shifts always produce job market changes, but historical precedent (agriculture dropping from 40% to 2% employment, Excel's massive displacement) suggests panic about job losses has typically been retrospectively viewed as unwarranted, and societies manage through transitions.
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“I think every time you get a platform shift, you get a change in the job market. I mean in 1900 40% of people worked in agriculture it's 2% today.”
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Sam Altman talks the NYT lawsuit, Meta's talent poaching, and Trump on AI | Interview— Hard ForkCreated: 8/11/2026, 6:43:34 AM
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