Technology will take our jobs? We've heard that one before

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Technology will take our jobs? We've heard that one before

February 19, 2026-Professions threatened by technology have proven surprisingly resilient throughout history.
That's worth recognizing as artificial intelligence assumes more tasks, though this particular story won't necessarily end well for everyone.
Ramon Novarro was very good at one thing. Or so it seemed.

The first part of the Hollywood actor's career was spent in silent films as a "sheik type," a job that mostly required strutting around and being handsome. According to news accounts from the late 1920s, it was also a job threatened by a technological breakthrough: sound. A grating voice or a thick accent could suddenly be a career-ender.

It turned out that Novarro was good at more than one thing. A former singing waiter with some killer pipes, he was able to croon his way into a second part of his career that capitalized on the novelty of "talkies."

There's a long history of technology erasing jobs. There's a story just as old of people successfully manoeuvring through a middle ground to adapt-by leaning into skills that maximize innovation and genuinely add value.

Source: World Economic Forum

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