> if they automated and outsourced everything they would end up with roving bands of unemployed men causing trouble in the countryside Tangent: I'm not even su

> if they automated and outsourced everything they would end up with roving bands of unemployed men causing trouble in the countryside Tangent: I'm not even sure that Universal Basic Income would solve this problem. If you browse Financial Independence forums, you'll see many anecdotes of early retirees who go back to work for one reason or another. So even (some? Most? Not sure...) people with enough money to not have to work, want to work. It seems like a large cultural change around work would be needed. Having said that, it's also possible that we just keep inventing new jobs and a huge unemployment spike never comes. That doesn't seem likely to me, but I'm fairly certain most of my predictions will end up being wrong.