If jobs are “lost” because robots are doing more work, why is it a problem that the population is aging and there are fewer in “working age”? Shouldn’t the two effects sort of cancel each other out?
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It is a myth that jobs are just due to automation. People have been saying this for hundreds of years, yet we have more jobs than ever.
What does happen is that *certain specific* jobs are lost. This is a problem for people with those skills. If they are unskilled and struggle to learn, this may mean they will have difficulty in the future. So while automation benefits society and raises everyone’s standard of living, certain people are harmed, and a compassionate society should deal with that problem.
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