• Software, automation, efficiency... this is all going to eat the world.

    The question isn't whether it's going to happen, the question is whether we as a society are prepared for it. There's going to be a time that most jobs are made irrelevant by technology, we've got to get past the idea that everyone must be employed, that we all should own a car, that we all should want to own things we don't need.

    It's weird, but it's comparable to music. Who would believe, only 20 years ago, that people wouldn't want to own their music on CDs and LPs. Now people are surprised if you're not paying as you go for all the music in the world, at a tenner a month.

    We're just going to see that happen to physical stuff.

    Bill Gates was talking about just that recently:
    http://bgr.com/2014/03/14/bill-gates-interview-robots/

    “Software substitution, whether it’s for drivers or waiters or nurses… it’s progressing,” Gates said. “Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs, particularly at the lower end of skill set… 20 years from now, labor demand for lots of skill sets will be substantially lower. I don’t think people have that in their mental model.”

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