re: Is there an industry that will still be profitable in 100 years?

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Human beings have adapted to numerous global shifts in terms of technology and economic systems

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I agree that long term people will adapt, I just think this will be more disruptive than anything we've ever experienced and large segments of the population may not get up off the mat after the robots knock them down.

The industrial revolution might come close to being as disruptive, but there wasn't much of a social safety net back then so there was a lot more motivation to figure out a new place in the new economy. When we see 20-40% of the work force become unemployed in the span of a decade I don't think today's population will have the same drive to adapt. They'll be looking for the nanny state to make it better because that's the road we've gone down.