1.0Rod Dreherhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/roddreherRod Dreherhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/roddreher/author/rdreherObsolete occupations - Rod Dreherrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="nSaSo7osrZ"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/roddreher/2010/03/obsolete-occupations.html">Obsolete occupations</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/roddreher/2010/03/obsolete-occupations.html/embed#?secret=nSaSo7osrZ" width="600" height="338" title="“Obsolete occupations” — Rod Dreher" data-secret="nSaSo7osrZ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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NPR has a nice photo essay documenting occupations that are now obsolete (e.g., typist, lamplighter, copy boy). Anybody care to speculate about the occupations in our day that will likely be obsolete fifty years from now? It’s a tricky thing to predict. Thirty years ago, would anyone have predicted that we in the U.S. would…