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Yes, robots will steal our jobs, but don't worry, we'll get new ones

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

The U.S. economy added 2.7 million jobs in 2015, capping the best two-year stretch of employment growth since the late ‘90’s, pushing the unemployment rate down to five percent.

But to listen to the doomsayers, it’s just a matter of time before the rapid advance of technology makes most of today’s workers obsolete –...

Read more: Yes, robots will steal our jobs, but don't worry, we'll get new ones

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