economic thinkers advise us not to worry about it, pointing out that, throughout history, technological advances have consistently made the majority of workers richer, not poorer. Others warn that economic displacement will be so extreme that entrepreneurs, engineers, and economists should adopt a “new grand challenge”—a promise to design only technology that complements rather than replaces human labor. They recommend, and I agree, that we business leaders must replace our labor-saving and automation mindset with a maker and creation mindset.
