The EPI piece actually doesn't address the other commenter's point in any way.
Why keep putting it off? Isn't this the whole point of technology? So that humans will no longer have to do these jobs? Lets just have it happen and deal with the consequences. Why keep kicking the can down the road?
Because it will be much easier to deal with an increase in joblessness/transition to different types of work if it doesn't happen all at once.