Actually, wealth inequality is a big threat /to/ automation because lower wages means automation isn't economically efficient. The first places where automatio

Actually, wealth inequality is a big threat /to/ automation because lower wages means automation isn't economically efficient. The first places where automation is put in place is where labor is expensive. That is, both geographically and industry-specifically. It's not the factory workers so much as the accountants, lawyers, and doctors that are marginalized first. Software is cheaper and the reward greater. And with respect to geographically, Scandinavia employs the most robotics to augment manually labor jobs. They will continue to lead in this area.