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▲ confidantlake a day ago

Jevon's paradox has to do with consuming resources, not employment. There are plenty of examples of fields getting more efficient and employment falling. Farming and manufacturing being 2 examples.

▲jan_m_savage 21 hours ago | parent [-]

You're conflating different categories of activities. Farming and manufacturing are amenable to automation precisely because not much real thinking and communication is required.

SE is not like farming.