So a vanishing market for low-paying work is still going away... and this is news?

Here's a tip: If your job requires repetitive physical activity, it's going to go away. Sooner rather than later.

This is not something to be mourned, or to rend our clothes about. This has been the natural progression for at least 4 generations of humans. Who has not worked this out yet?

In other news, a kid posted a cardboard sign on my street this week, advertising lawn mowing for $40.

In other news, a good friend of mine in her 20's started a business as a dog-walker for "difficult" dogs, and she makes as much money as she wants, and turns down clients every single day. She has more business than she could possibly handle.

In other news, my friend is a successful blacksmith. He makes ornate iron railings, doors, gates, and fabulous giant art installations for casinos in mainland China. He never graduated from high school.

In other news, I'm gonna pay a guy $130 to come to my office next week and detail the outside of my car because I'm too damn lazy to get all the moss and mold and pine tree sap out of all the little nooks and crannies on my car, and it'll rust if I don't get this done regularly.

The decreasing need for repetitive, low-paying work with no career path, is a good thing. For both the workers and the employers.