> Those two are scary Yup, quite, but I tend to believe that the trend of jobs being automated only to be replaced with new information technology/creative/hum

> Those two are scary Yup, quite, but I tend to believe that the trend of jobs being automated only to be replaced with new information technology/creative/human interaction jobs is going to continue, as it has for the last century or longer. It might be difficult to imagine a future where there are enough jobs to keep everybody occupied, but then again, it was probably the same when automated manufacturing made line workers largely obsolete; computers made typists obsolete; farm equipment made much farm labour obsolete, etc. What the missing jobs took away in jobs have been largely offset by improved standards of living for everybody, better infrastructure and an economy that provides a stronger social net that fewer people fall through; high-paying technology jobs that power even more progress for humanity. We're living in the most prosperous, peaceful, socially equal period of human history, and I (along with many experts) only expect this to get better. Interesting Ted talk that talks about this: http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_diamandis_abundance_is_our_future.html http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_diamandis_abundance_is_our_fu... Edit: Quoted section of OP's comment that I was replying to.