Supposedly these jobs are the “good” jobs to still have around no matter what because, again, supposedely, they create innovation, which innovation then creates an increase in productivity (among other things), which increase in productivity has been one of the Holy Grails of mainstream economics for the last half century (with the FED being a pillar of said mainstream economics).

So, in that light, losing these jobs would be like throwing away the kid with the bathwater.

I personally don’t agree with all the premises and conclusions I’ve enumerated above, but imo that’s how a mainstream economist (like one working for the FED right now) is most likely to view things.