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[queensnake]

... and which way do you take that; that, because we're not horses, we're ok? Or, that horse-skilled people can indeed be left out forever?

(It's possible; see this on the US' Supplemental Security Income (SSI):

http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2010/11/the_terrible_awful_tr...)

[ojbyrne → queensnake]

The latter basically. Technology wiped out the work of horses, so there's no reason it can't move up the "skills ladder" and wipe out more skilled employees.