Physicist Slates Public Backlash Over Qantas, Canva and APS Job Losses
MJBiercuk · x · 2026-11-12
Physicist M. J. Biercuk critiques the public backlash over job cuts at Qantas, Canva, and the Australian Public Service: treating any job loss as unacceptable implies an economy of people "sweeping piles of dirt from one side of the road to the other," he argues, pushing back against overprotective attitudes toward automation-driven job displacement.
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