It's bad timing for Russia now. If it were to happen to some other country 20 years from now, it would be less bad. For starters, we'd have 20 years of addition

It's bad timing for Russia now. If it were to happen to some other country 20 years from now, it would be less bad. For starters, we'd have 20 years of additional advances in robotics, healthcare, eldercare, or artificial intelligence. Perhaps GenAI will wipe out a lot of white collar work in that time. This frees up people to do physical labor. Maybe it supercharges robotics or drones by letting them understand the physical world better. Think robotic orderlies changing bedpans, or robots picking fruit. Then we need fewer people for labor. More likely it will be a combination of both.