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<blockquote data-quote="worldwide" data-source="post: 3325636" data-attributes="member: 2193">&quot;Technology adoption can, and often does, cause significant short-term labor displacement, but history shows that in the longer run, it creates a multitude of new jobs and unleashes demand for existing ones, more than offsetting the number of jobs it destroys, even as it raises labor productivity.&quot;Only one of the 270 detailed occupations listed in the 1950 US Census has since been eliminated by automation. The one exception: elevator operator.&nbsp; <a href="https://voxeu.org/article/how-computer-automation-affects-occupations" target="_blank">How computer automation affects occupations | VOX, CEPR’s Policy Portal</a>The good news for delivery drivers is that most studies indicate that &quot;Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers&quot; and &quot;Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Driver&quot; are jobs that are not immediately at risk of being eliminated&nbsp; due to automation.&nbsp; Longer-term it&#039;s a different story.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-job-risk/" target="_blank">Find Out If Your Job Will Be Automated</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="worldwide, post: 3325636, member: 2193"] "Technology adoption can, and often does, cause significant short-term labor displacement, but history shows that in the longer run, it creates a multitude of new jobs and unleashes demand for existing ones, more than offsetting the number of jobs it destroys, even as it raises labor productivity." Only one of the 270 detailed occupations listed in the 1950 US Census has since been eliminated by automation. The one exception: elevator operator. [URL="https://voxeu.org/article/how-computer-automation-affects-occupations"]How computer automation affects occupations | VOX, CEPR’s Policy Portal[/URL] The good news for delivery drivers is that most studies indicate that "Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers" and "Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Driver" are jobs that are not immediately at risk of being eliminated due to automation. Longer-term it's a different story. [URL="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-job-risk/"]Find Out If Your Job Will Be Automated[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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