The term is “creative destruction”.
Blacksmiths replaced by cars, etc.. I’m not sure we’re heading toward a new paradigm where this concept doesn’t apply, I don’t think so though. Robot’s require manufacturing, engineering, software, etc.. I’m not sure it’s any different. Robots have been doing many jobs people used to do for decades.
It just seems that new markets keep opening up with technological advances. The main question is - how will the unskilled fair? There may be lots of jobs but they may require skills that leave the unskilled behind. For as much as I’d like to see everyone rise to their potential, it isn’t realistic.
Nope, as long as God is still on his throne, there will be opportunity for the unskilled. The only thing that could screw that up is fear and government, which operates through fear.
The new paradigm is robots making robots. Computers self writing the software and then programing the robots to make more robots - we have that now with robots or devices that learn as they do a task and pass on that knowledge in self correcting software, etc.
Again, I think everyone is falling into the trap of thinking where the past dictates what the future will look like. Autos came and put the horse and buggy business out of business but we had more jobs, etc is the old paradigm.
The new paradigm replaces human labor and the new innovations reduce the need for human labor substantially.
I am not a Luddite - the opposite actually. I think this is inevitable and we need to prepare our kids for it. I don't have a solution as to what that preparation may be. Maybe have your son become a tailor or a carpenter or some skill where his craft is in demand and is wanted for being hand made. I think Amish made furniture will be in demand in the future as it is today.