When Ford made the model T should we have cared about the catastrophic loss of employment facing blacksmiths, horse-breeders, stablehands, and carriage-makers?
It's true that digital communication has obliterated industries. And that's awesome, because those industries were inefficient, smelly, and slowed us down. Compared to the incredible value we each get by being able to speak to anyone else, anywhere in the world, any time we like - not to mention, the millions of jobs bourne out of the internet - the loss of jobs in these obsolete industries is nothing.
It's true that digital communication has obliterated industries. And that's awesome, because those industries were inefficient, smelly, and slowed us down. Compared to the incredible value we each get by being able to speak to anyone else, anywhere in the world, any time we like - not to mention, the millions of jobs bourne out of the internet - the loss of jobs in these obsolete industries is nothing.