>I don't see how that's meaningful. If it takes skilled human effort, we expect it to be well compensated. What does it matter whether that skill makes use of m

>I don't see how that's meaningful. If it takes skilled human effort, we expect it to be well compensated. What does it matter whether that skill makes use of much existing technology? We don't actually pay people based on skill. Take the example of an old man making phyllo dough by hand - he gets paid based on the weight of the dough produced, not based on the work he puts in or the skill to produce the dough. This was really prevalent in the Industrial revolution, where expert artisans were replaced by factories.