You are right about pretty much Everything you wrote up there. I suspect the deeper revelation that all that unemployment and transformation is going to show us is that ... well, the heliocentric model dethroned Earth (and therefore us) from being the center of the universe. The evolution and natural selection models dethroned us from being fundamentally different beings from the rest of the animals. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are, bit by bit, dethroning us from our intellect being uniquely possible even here on Earth.

Basically, at this point, I now firmly believe that there is no human faculty, no human capability or skill or talent, that cannot be automated. Literally, none. I think a lot of the shape the world takes over the next thirty years will be decided by that insight.

Also, thank you for your kind words.