Quote from bkveen3:
This topic was covered pretty well a couple of days ago. Humans are hardly needed in manufacturing or agriculture anymore. When we transformed from an agrarian society to an industrial one the shift was painful because people thought we needed that work to survive. Just as the people then didn't know manufacturing was their future we also don't know what the future holds. What we do know is that people are innovative and creative and as they become useless in one area they find new and ingenious ways to be productive. In the end this kind of productivity increase is good, higher standards of living come each person can produce more. Just my two cents.
