As someone who grew up poor the idea that tech would automate the unpleasant work carried with it the obvious point of who would pay me for the pleasant work an

As someone who grew up poor the idea that tech would automate the unpleasant work carried with it the obvious point of who would pay me for the pleasant work and without money how would I survive. So a tech utopia like that described by the author would require at least a Star Trek level of communism which to me always seemed incredibly unrealistic. The post might as well be ‘I wanted techno communism and didn’t get it.’ Technology is treating me well and I hope that continues to be true for a long time. I mainly worry about the sociopolitical consequences of the mass disenfranchisement of the middle classes but the middle class is so folded in on itself that it’ll likely disappear in with a whimper and we’ll end up with a 3rd world level of inequality. While not as nice as more egalitarian societies they do largely continue to function with a surprising degree of stability.