Have you ever worked such a job? Stocking shelves or serving drinks is an unskilled job. Maybe the people doing them now would be capable of doing more complica

Have you ever worked such a job? Stocking shelves or serving drinks is an unskilled job. Maybe the people doing them now would be capable of doing more complicated things but there are plenty of jobs that can be done by a trained chimp. Training chimps is really really expensive but robotics will change that. I agree with you though that given the right incentives most people can learn new skills. I don't think they are inherently stupid at all, the mindless routine of their work just naturally limits them intellectually.