ERD50
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
... You listed farm labor - but you can probably list similar numbers for dozens of other professions. ... And what is our unemployment rate? Yeah...
True, but farm labor stands out as it was once 90% of the total labor force - so a huge effect.
But yes, it happened in so many of the other smaller sectors as well.
I got into this with a friend recently. He is completely convinced that AI and robots will doom humanity, therefore we must enact UBI. ...
Just a guess, but I'd bet it's the other way 'round - your friend is completely convinced that we must enact UBI, therefore it helps his case to assume AI and robots will doom humanity.
-ERD50