Re: The robot economy (AKA how robots will steal your jobs)

From: rick++ (rick303_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/27/04 

Date: 27 Jul 2004 08:00:48 -0700

This was a major union issue about 40 years ago when robots were replacing
workers in auto factories.

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