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What changes when tools alter how people work and live.
The Wheelchair at MIA: Automation Doesn't Delete Jobs. It Relocates Them Upstream
One visible job lost. Dozens of invisible jobs created upstream. The guy at the coffee kiosk was looking at the wrong part of the picture.
Automation Doesn't Kill Work. It Moves It Upstream.
Whenever automation appears, the same sentence shows up: 'It's taking jobs.' But the more accurate story is less dramatic and more useful: Automation relocates work.