ReasonTV comedian Andrew Heaton applies his weird whimsy to the topic of surviving the eternal juggernaut of technological innovation that forever obviates and replaces industries. This is known as “creative destruction”, a term coined by Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter.
So, while the “halcyon days of burning rocks [coal] are rapidly winding down” and shopping malls have become places “where you go to stock up on tumbleweeds or feral wolves” and the relentless march of automation appears to portend human obsolescence, we dare not be afraid.
