Something to fear in a service based economy. Much less so in a manufacturing economy.....despite assembly robots, humans with talent are the real resource/engine of production.
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Almost all manufacturing can be automated, so it is just as much "something to fear" as automation is in service economies.
Service economies are actually more cushioned: almost no one cares if his smartphone has been assembled by a robot or a kindly old gentleman, almost everyone cares if there is no one to speak to about his undercooked burger or his noisy hotel neighbor.
Humans will prefer to talk to a human about many service requests or problems than to Siri.