[Age of Reason]

You might want to listen to this: http://www.wnyc.org/story/how-collaborative-economy-could-change-capitalism/

I think he’s right.

We have thirty years of jobs left, during which the remaining employed will complete infrastructure for the computer run automated manufacturing and service economy.

Then what? The author doesn’t know then what.

I figure just about everybody will be unemployed, and the government will give us all an equal number of ration cards to exchange for machine supplied goods and services.

The future—thanks to technology—looks horrible.

[catbertz]

Maybe at that point, the “powers that be” will decide to thin the herd by releasing some virulent beasty from deep storage. I expect the elites aren’t happy that 7 billion people are cluttering up the place.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Then what?

The remaining jobs will be making and maintaining and enhancing the automated equipment in existence.

But those are jobs for techies, of which not everyone has the aptitude for.