[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Should be, “*Who has smart-drones and bomb-defusing robots already in use?”

[Sirius Lee]

This is a problem with which society must come to grips. Humanity is entering a new paradigm the consequences of which are several orders of magnitude greater than the changes brought about by the industrial revolution and the computer revolution.

In a world in which almost every material good or service can be provided by automation, and the number of humans required to keep the automatons operational keeps dwindling, what purpose/need is there for the vast preponderance of humanity?

I fear we are trending more Player Piano or Wall E than Star Trek.