While I understand the 'negatives' the article mentions, it doesn't provide much in the way of helpful insight as the the alternative. Sure people are losing jobs to automation, does that mean we should stop moving forward?
This isn't just isolated to silicon valley or even the tech industry though. My wife is a pharmacist and to get jobs in desirable areas is highly competitive at this time. I'm sure there are other areas where this is true as well.
I think this also holds for any other country as well. Say, if you go to India, you will see a vast disparity between Mumbai and some small remote town. In Mumbai/Delhi a mechanical machine would be used to mix the cement material for construction whereas in the remote cities you might see labours manually mix the contents of cement.
