I think we're already there to some extent. We need less people to keep everyone alive than there are people alive. So far this has lead to oodles of unemploye

I think we're already there to some extent. We need less people to keep everyone alive than there are people alive. So far this has lead to oodles of unemployed and unemployable people rotting in social housing. I think the whole thing needs looking at. Automation of everything will enslave us as much as not automating it. We need a healthy balance, even if it does invoke smashing a few looms. Insert comment about how Marx and Lenin got the right idea...