Hi everyone I'm the author of this post.
The point I'm trying to make is that there is a difference between your mission and the mission's unintended outcome.
As an engineer, I don't believe my mission is to put people out of jobs. In response to some of your points:
Yes, self-driving cars will put people out of jobs. But is that the mission of Google? No, their mission is to make people's lives easier / better.
Yes, electric cars will put gas-pump attendants out of jobs. Is that the mission of Tesla? No, their mission is to make people's lives better through sustainable transport and removing our dependence on fossil fuels.
I think it's important to focus on the value-add portion of what we do, and especially not treat the negative fallout (people losing their jobs) as some kind of marketing angle.
The point I'm trying to make is that there is a difference between your mission and the mission's unintended outcome.
As an engineer, I don't believe my mission is to put people out of jobs. In response to some of your points:
Yes, self-driving cars will put people out of jobs. But is that the mission of Google? No, their mission is to make people's lives easier / better.
Yes, electric cars will put gas-pump attendants out of jobs. Is that the mission of Tesla? No, their mission is to make people's lives better through sustainable transport and removing our dependence on fossil fuels.
I think it's important to focus on the value-add portion of what we do, and especially not treat the negative fallout (people losing their jobs) as some kind of marketing angle.