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Low-skill workers aren’t actually the ones most threatened by robots

Low-skill workers aren’t actually the ones most threatened by robots

There are a lot of jobs that can only be completed with significant training, but don’t involve much critical thinking once the skill is learned—machine operators and office clerks, for examples. And in rich countries, they are on the cusp of becoming endangered. Thanks primarily to automation, and to a lesser extent globalization, no rich…