Can take or will take? Barista grew as a job category long after it was automated. We’ve had coffee vending machines since the 50s at least - even fancy ones. But we don’t hire a coffee shop for making coffee. We hire it for a morning habit, for personal contact at the start of the day, a pleasant interaction that isn’t work related. It’s a kind of social amuse bouche between home and work. We don’t want it to be automated. The whole point of it is that it’s not automated. Society will always value these kinds of jobs. Why is the Apple retail store so popular? It’s literally the most expensive place to buy an Apple product and yet it’s by a HUGE margin the most valued retail in the world. But compared to other retail it’s wildly over staffed by happy people who seem to like their job and are quite knowledgeable. Sure Apple could cut costs, but that would destroy why people like it - as a place that an inexperienced tech shopper can get help and not feel dumb or ignored. That has real value. So we will always create these jobs. Yoga instructor is another example. Sure we may unhire delivery people for automation but we’ll rehire them in a different venue where we want the interaction.