Frey also accounts for the existence of automation, and other forms of technology, which serve to increase employment and raise labour productivity. In keeping with his historically-situated narrative of technological change, Frey indicates that for much of the nineteenth century the adoption of technology appeared to largely come at the cost of employment. A recent draft report by the New Zealand Productivity Commission on the labour market effects of automation found scant evidence of imminent disruption to work (NZPC [3]). [Extracted from the article]