> "if you get automated away, you get 0" No, I actually said the opposite. If you get automated away, by yourself or by anyone else, you instantly get the bon

> "if you get automated away, you get 0" No, I actually said the opposite. If you get automated away, by yourself or by anyone else, you instantly get the bonus and you're instantly fired. The accountant has every incentive to either be an amazing accountant so that any automation would be a pale imitation (everyone wins), or he can choose to automate himself away, move to the next job, automate himself away and pick up the bonus there, and so on (everyone gets their due). This is competition, and I think it's a happy ending for meritocracy. The only people who lose are those who desire to continue to be paid while not generating value.