Self-driving trucks will be job-killers.

[The2ndWheel]

30. It didn't do that...before

The next game changing technology might change things overnight this time. Each one is different, and each one finds itself in a different context. Plus each transition period has been shorter than the previous one. We don't just sort of happen upon innovation anymore, we actively pursue it as a goal, even if we don't need it. It's almost the reason we exist. Who can come up with the new thing, who can do it faster, cheaper, and better. Nobody asks if we need it, we just do it. It must exist, whatever it is, because what happens if it doesn't? How can we deprive ourselves of something that we don't know we need?

Obviously nobody can say for sure how any of it will play out. If we could do that, we'd all win the lottery. There are upsides and downsides to everything. We tend to look at the upside of anything more often. Which is fine, but there's always the other side too. Many sides actually. The Green Revolution, saved countless numbers of lives. We also now have 7+ billion people on the planet, and they all need jobs and resources to consume. We also share the planet with many other forms of life that require resources to consume. It's also a finite planet.