Why Neo-Luddites Keep Losing Against Tech

Wouldn't you agree to this: Increasingly rapid innovation in medicine, education, means of transport, data storage, and communication have contributed to a general improvement in living standards. Easy to agree upon, right? Still, from time to time this successful narrative is hit hard by noisy worries about the “job-destroying effect of automation” — a notion that remains lodged in the minds of way too many people. In this episode, I try to shed some light on these points to shake off the today's prevalent pessimism and replace it with realism about the role technology plays in our lives, notably in the labor market.