> What about the printing press or any other of our advances in writing, such as the typewriter, spellcheckers, emails, grammar checkers, and so on? While the work of a classical secretary became unnecessary in many ways, the fact that the individual increase in productivity meant an overall growth of the economy meant, in turn, that those who would have lost their current role or even employment to technological advancement would find new occupations within this growth.

Oh please. That is not at all what happened. Technology that makes people more productive largely does so by lowering the required skill to do something. A shop clerk used to be a pretty difficult job. Now it's done by people with mental disabilities.

The pay goes down. The work becomes less meaningful. We foster a system where the supply of humans willing to do menial labor tasks grows so that those with capital have access to uber drivers and other permanent servant class workers.

The growth of the economy is not a tide that lifts all ships.