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555. New Technologies Always Scare Us. Is A.I. Any Different?

Freakonomics Radio

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The Fallacy of Jobs

Young women who never had the chance to work in telephones are not unemployed but rather taking up other jobs such as secretarial work and waitressing. The idea that there are a specific number of jobs in the world is a fallacy, as jobs are not fixed, and the economy adjusts through a dynamic feedback process.

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