You suggest that technology would progress to free us of natural resource constraints, why wouldn't it also free us of manpower constraints? (after all the robo

You suggest that technology would progress to free us of natural resource constraints, why wouldn't it also free us of manpower constraints? (after all the robots are coming). As for population going to zero, I suspect it'll be a while -- and that we could increase birth rates with financial incentives, 2-3 years parental leave wouldn't be very dystopian :)