I think that the fruits of all these contemporary advancements won't be really seen until the global population starts dropping. Right now, automating generally

I think that the fruits of all these contemporary advancements won't be really seen until the global population starts dropping. Right now, automating generally puts someone out of a job and forces them into one that is more or less made up just so that they can have a job[1]. With a declining population, automation will pick up whatever slack worker 'scarcity' creates. It's interesting to think about how that world would look like. Imagining a constant rate of production, this means that cheaper goods will be spread around fewer people. I imagine that this would drive a push away from mid-level jobs, probably into highly educated roles that innovate or maintain complex autonomous systems. [1] http://www.strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/ http://www.strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/