imagining a future where machines have all the jobs

[Dash87]

39. Some possible benefits of technology:

#1 - Jobs are getting increasingly easier, but can be done by the same people. What used to be hours of physical labor can now consist of pressing a button. This is true for everywhere - type-writers replaced pens, and computers replaced typewriters. ??? will replace computers, and computers will be viewed as a needlessly difficult thing of the past.

#2 - machines improve all of our lives by increasing our individual outputs. What of you could do a weeks worth of work in 1 hour? Mass production improvements can also lower prices, improve product safety and quality, and give us a higher quantity in a shorter amount of time.

#3 - Machines can do some stuff better. Would you rather get an operation from a surgeon who is prone to error, or a high-tech computer that does it extremely well? Where jobs are lost from machines, society as a whole benefits.

We will be able to make things never possible by humans. This is already true, where things like computer chips are too complex to be manufactured by hand.

Image little nanobots that produce sustainable energy, and stuff like that.

#4 - More powerful computers lead to more efficient research, further improving society. It might even save out planet. 50 years from now, our current life-style will be viewed as old-fashioned, and we will have insanely powerful technology almost unimaginable by today's standards. A home PC then will probably be 100X as fast as NASA's best super computer now, for instance.

Imagine having your very own Watson, but so does everyone else, at a very reasonable price.