I'm not clear on why, as a rational software developer, you find this chilling. If our economic system of choice depends on there being work for everyone, our e

I'm not clear on why, as a rational software developer, you find this chilling. If our economic system of choice depends on there being work for everyone, our economic system will need to be changed. This can be as gradual a process as anything else, but it is already happening. Welfare didn't exist in the US 100 years ago. Far fewer people went through higher education, and there was less spare money for scholarships. Our efficiency as a species is increasing. This means that we will produce the same amount of work with less effort. If our distribution methods mean that this will cause poverty, we need to fix our distribution methods.