Adam Davidson introduces Maddie, a young woman who embodies the insecurity of living near the edge of the economy. It is ignorant to ignore that robotic arms and machines are replacing people on the factory floor. People who work in factories live in constant fear of being replaced. Davidson analyzes what is happening to manufacturing in the U.S. and what the future holds for people who still make physical things for a living, and lack higher education. The author says that the myth is a lie because these people that struggle and are unlucky early in life do not have equal opportunity to be successful and move up the social ladder. I found it interesting that all assembly workers have roughly the same pay grade because a trainee can be as