This sounds familiar...

[xenith]

"Man's inventiveness had eclipsed man's adaptability to the ever-changing environment in which he found himself. The introduction of spray painting and ducolng displaced French-polishing; talkie pictures spelt doom to thousands of musicians in theatres; and in practically every branch of Industry new machines had been invented which replaced thousands of men, so that to-day no man knew when his job was secure."


The Depression: Psychological Aspects, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 October 1931