I can recommend the book The Second Machine Age that discuss this topic thoroughly: https://www.amazon.com/Second-Machine-Age-Prosperity-Technologies/dp/0393350

I can recommend the book The Second Machine Age that discuss this topic thoroughly: https://www.amazon.com/Second-Machine-Age-Prosperity-Technologies/dp/0393350649 https://www.amazon.com/Second-Machine-Age-Prosperity-Technol... There is also a (imho) great SF short story by Marshall Brain about this: http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm