Jeremy Rifkin argued in his 1996 book, The end of Work, that automation would end traditional assembly-line jobs in favor of technically skilled jobs.

杰里米·里夫金在他1996年出版的《工作的终结》一书中提出，自动化将会终结传统的流水线生产，取而代之的是高技术水平的工作方式。

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Though not the first to do so, Mr Rifkin argued prophetically that society was entering a new phase—one in which fewer and fewer workers would be needed to produce all the goods and services consumed.

虽然之前也有类似书籍出版，但Rifkin预言了社会正步入新的阶段--届时参与生产商品或提供服务的劳动者需求量将日益减少。

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