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Automation and the Displacement of Human Labor

CGP Grey · Explainer · YouTube title: What Happened to Horses Is Happening to Us
Why it's here

HN has recommended it for a decade as the standard explainer on automation and unemployment, though skeptics later cite it as an example of overconfident predictions.

What it covers

CGP Grey's video "Humans Need Not Apply" argues that automation will make a large part of the workforce economically obsolete, much as engines did for horses. It surveys robots and software replacing both physical and mental labor.