Never mind if you are a musician or anything else, even a kid with a messy room 
knows there's plenty of work to do, as a parent will remind.

This is sleight-of-hand bullshit on Doctor Autor's part.  What people know is 
that there aren't enough JOBS.  Everybody knows there is plenty of WORK and 
nobody I ever heard of has claimed that there is a finite amount of work.  Adam 
and Eve got that message after they tried the apple.  

Autor should be ashamed to appear in public, in person or in print.  The whole 
article is bullshit.  He tells a STORY that sounds plausible and then runs to 
his conclusion.  Don't worry, he says, "in the long run" you'll get a job.  

Gene


On Aug 26, 2013, at 6:33 PM, Dan Scanlan wrote:

> 
> On Aug 26, 2013, at 5:53 PM, Tom Walker <[email protected]> wrote quoting 
> NYT:
> 
>>  
>> Economists have historically rejected what we call the “lump of labor” 
>> fallacy: the supposition that an increase in labor productivity inevitably 
>> reduces employment because there is only a finite amount of work to do.
> 
> Not if you're a musician. There is always more to explore. Always. 
> 
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