While productivity-enhancing technologies sometimes result in short-term job loss, rather than make misguided arguments, pundits should embrace technology-led productivity, while at the same time promoting policies that can assist workers in adjusting to the changing environment. This includes stronger investments in retraining and applied technology programs and reforms to our current unemployment safety net, which is full of holes. Fundamentally, the continued expansion of technology and innovation is necessary for the growth and expansion of 21st century society. By embracing the machine we are all better off.
