In the Robotic Near-Future, Most ‘Will Live Off Government-Provided Income’

‘If you think the jobs market and larger economy are bad now, just wait for the future. In the future, virtually everyone you know may be on the dole.

There are a lots of projections and scenarios about what to expect as technology advances to practically unimaginable heights.

Already many human jobs are being displaced by computers, and most trends point to a rise of automated assembly lines, computer-run logistics and services and robots to do jobs humans did before that. China has already ushered in a workforce of robots, with less and less reliance on humans for anything.

What does this mean for the average American? In a word: dependence.’

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