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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

On the other hand, the number who are making a living at it is exponentially higher than it used to be.

Even better: jobs will exist which we do not know about today, and can't even anticipate, because we don't know what advances will come about.

We look at the jobs which will go away, and we have fear. Look at the jobs that have gone away in our lifetime and our parents' lifetimes. Every office had a POOL of people whose job it was to merely type things. Every single telephone switch had a human making connections manually and speaking to the users. Every elevator had a person whose job it was to close the doors and raise and lower the car. These jobs are gone. They have mostly been replaced with better ones.

How many jobs have been created since 1914. Here is a list of the 50 most common job titles in the US. Let's just do the top 10. Did these exist 100 years ago?

Physical therapist - did not exist
Occupational therapist - did not exist
Administrative Assistant - did not exist
Teller - existed
Registered Nurse - existed
Manager - existed
Project Manager - did not exist
Driver - existed
Customer Service Representative - did not exist
Accountant - existed

These are not just any jobs, these are the most common jobs today, and in 1914 half of them were not recognized professions. Onto Clod's list of what she, and we, anticipate are the kinds of jobs that will be more popular in the future. Did they exist 100 years ago?

Videogame designer - did not exist
Interior designer - did not exist
Fashion designer - existed but in lower numbers
Live performers - existed but in lower numbers
Musicians - existed but in lower numbers
ALL movie jobs - existed
Massage therapist - did not exist
Childcare - did not exist except for the rich
Eldercare - did not exist or was vastly different
Dentistry - existed but in lower numbers
Teachers - existed
Chef - existed but in lower numbers, mostly for the rich, our restaurant culture had not yet evolved
Judges/Jurors - existed but juror not a profession
Trial lawyers - existed

The history of humanity so far is we get richer, smarter, healthier and right now we are at the peak of a game that began tens of thousands of years ago. There is no reason this trend should stop. In fact it's accelerating, with billions of people suddenly turning productive.

No need to fear. The jobs are going to be plentiful, and they are going to ROCK. And we will probably work 4 hours a day, if the last 100 years tell us anything about the next 100.