Technology used to have a trickle-down effect, but that is no longer true. The difference between the ultra-rich and the middle class has never been close to th

Technology used to have a trickle-down effect, but that is no longer true. The difference between the ultra-rich and the middle class has never been close to this pronounced. People need a job to earn money they can later pour back into the economy which is just supposedly keeps on growing (as if continuous growth could be sustainable). A 100 years ago a village was working hard at harvest, now a GPS-guided combine harvester does the job. Sure, we could made up a few new jobs, but many office jobs never made sense (did we really ever need that many layers of middle-management? Their personnel alltogether are not needed). Unless some UBI-like system gets implemented, there will be revolts. “Every society is three meals away from anarchy”