Automation and technology have had huge effect on our lives over the past 100 years and had a huge effect on jobs and wages over that time period (both positive and negative).
While technology has driven a lot of changes in our economy, interestingly automation and technology has only eliminated one of the 271 occupations listed in the 1950 census: elevator operators. While other occupations, such as boardinghouse keepers, were eliminated during that time period, only elevator operators were primarily displaced by technology.
Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2690435
A great article on the effects of technology on jobs which suggests that technology increases inequality and poverty not unemployment: https://medium.com/@ryanavent_93844/the-productivity-paradox-aaf05e5e4aad#.3nmdexg25
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