The forces that seem to be in play would result in the necessities of life becoming dirt cheap, along with many of the luxuries. This is what makes a universal income that people can live on without collapsing the economy plausible.
I have optimistic tendencies, though I can't quite envision how, I have hope that people will find new ways to keep themselves productively occupied that are now hard to envision. They may spend less time on that kind of thing and more on diversions, but I think robot-assisted human creativity can (not necessarily will, I'm not optimistic enough to discount the more dystopian scenarios) rise to the occasion.
The transition is probably going to be a bitch though, so I'm glad we can see it coming. I'll be retired by then, which may be an advantageous position to be in, in 2030.
I have optimistic tendencies, though I can't quite envision how, I have hope that people will find new ways to keep themselves productively occupied that are now hard to envision. They may spend less time on that kind of thing and more on diversions, but I think robot-assisted human creativity can (not necessarily will, I'm not optimistic enough to discount the more dystopian scenarios) rise to the occasion.
The transition is probably going to be a bitch though, so I'm glad we can see it coming. I'll be retired by then, which may be an advantageous position to be in, in 2030.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
