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Comment I am skeptical (Score 2) 280

Consider the ATM. Wouldn't one think at the introduction of these machines that days of bank tellers would have been numbered? Yet as I walk my around my neighborhood, I can find a dozen banks all with a full complement of tellers. There are way MORE teller jobs now decades after ATMs became ubiquitous than there were before the machines.

Consider tolls. Wouldn't one think at the introduction of EZ-Pass that the days of toll clerks would have been numbered? Yet when do you ever not see a long line of cars in toll clerk lanes? These workers are super busy.

Consider the self-checkout lanes at supermarkets. Wouldn't one think at the introduction of these lanes that days of checkout clerks would have been numbered? I have this feeling the same thing is happening to bank tellers and toll clerks will happen to them, too. There will be more opportunity, not less.

For reasons unclear, our predictions are turning out be wrong.

Comment Re:Not enough publicity (Score 1) 348

The inability to draw problem was partially solved by the introduction of vector-based drawing software. It's been trivial to draw basic geometric shapes, like circles, squares, rectangles. polygons, etc for decades. Back in the pencil days, one needed plastic templates. Now this isn't going to the average Joe into an artist, but it's a big step from just a pencil.

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