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This isn't to be alarmist. Optimists point out that technological upheaval has benefited workers in the past. The Instrial Revolution didn't go so well for Luddites whose jobs were displaced by mechanized looms, but it eventually raised living standards and created more jobs than it destroyed. Likewise, automation should eventually boost proctivity, stimulate demand by driving down prices, and free workers from hard, boring work. But in the medium term, middle-class workers may need a lot of help adjusting.还是看一下上下文,这一整段文字讲的是不应该对高科技发展大惊小怪,认为高科技的发展和工业革命是利大于弊,比如自动化会把工人从又累又无聊的工作中解脱出来。但是最后来个转折,说,虽然可以这样看,但是工人要适应高科技的发展,还是需要许多帮助。比如后面那一段会说到需要培训之类的。那么可以翻译为“中产阶级工人要适应这个环境应该还是需要很多的帮助”