> I do not think our current social policies are ready for that. Understatement. (And also, they weren't really ready for the previous waves either) The ups

> I do not think our current social policies are ready for that. Understatement. (And also, they weren't really ready for the previous waves either) The upside is we exist as both producers and consumers - and while our value is about to go down (or be voided entirely), so is the price of all the things we want/need. Can't afford a house because the Atlas robot outperformed you at construction? Well, get a few buddies to pool funds to buy an Atlas robot yourselves and get it to build your houses. The barrier of entry is similarly dropping fast. It's gonna be a weird, sad and awkward short-to-medium term as the fluctuation of which drops first - employment or consumer prices - plays out, especially if government doesn't step in to protect people. But long-term I think it's hard to argue that there's not going to be an enormous increase in overall quality of life. (barring some sort of annihilation event...)