Where Jobs Stay the Same Is Where They're Scarce

Fears of AI seem to be everywhere. One of its favorite hang-outs is Amazon.com, where several books – such as Martin Ford's Rise of the Robots – predict the end of work. They follow a well-tread path. Twenty-two years ago, Jeremy Rifkin wrote The End of Work. Almost immediately, we entered one of the greatest periods of job creation in history. The end of work is something we never have to fear. We won't run out of it until we run out of things we want.