Robots stole our jobs... but may make new ones.

AOL article: Half Of All Jobs Today Will Disappear By 2030 And Other Scary Predictions

Futurist predictions are nearly always wrong about something. For instance, I'm very skeptical that self driving cars will replace cabbies by 2030. However I thought this worth linking because it does illustrate some important concepts like a disconnect between our perception of the job market and what sort of jobs are actually out there. It also confirms once again that skilled labor is in demand:

"I am seeing an increasing labor supply-demand disconnect in hard-skills areas such as electricians, plumbers, engineering technology robotics, and I don't see this ending any time soon,"

The more robots replace cashiers, the more we need people who know how to build, fix, and maintain the robots. Electricity and pipes aren't likely to disappear anytime soon either, though I do agree with the article that we're likely to see more houses and businesses going off the grid in the future.


And just to prove that's we're living in a science fiction film:

The U.S. Military's New Robotic Donkey Will Be More Bulletproof

This isn't CGI...