>You don't need everyone to participate, just a big enough economy. That might work for Amish but unless you plan on learning how to churn your own butter and

>You don't need everyone to participate, just a big enough economy. That might work for Amish but unless you plan on learning how to churn your own butter and know someone who can print a CPU on to silicon wafer in their garage I doubt it translates well to the real world. As a software engineer this should be obvious to you - writing a software service/program can solve a problem globally - few people can solve a problem for hundreds of millions - specialization, automation, IT all changed how things scale - I don't need to grow my own food anymore, farmer gets to enjoy social networking, video streaming and games - win/win. What you're suggesting is that we duplicate the work being done or do it sub optimally so that we can benefit people who aren't competitive.