Maintenance can all be done by two people

It's not like half the country will be out of work, people will survive by doing their own things and adapting to that is extremely easy with the time frame that we have and will become easier the further we go, as things (being automated) will be by definition faster.

And the savings of not paying the cost of employing the other 54 employees is far to much to say no to

People will be able to whip up chicken coops at breakneck speed with all the parts from Ikea or whatever 3d-prints metal frame cages for self-sufficient farming

People will just cook their own eggs

Its why when my manager said they would never replace us with automated trucks I laughed in his face

How are they going to pay for that tho

If they are not employed

You raise chickens

People can do that on their own

Who are you buying them from

Where are you buying the chicken feed

How did you purchase the land?

From the local mill who farms this stuff and produces the feed

The house you live in?

You build it yourself you fat twat

Do you even understand how to build a home?

Do most people?

Calling me a fat twat doesnt help you

There are more people in the world than there were when people built their own houses.

Automation will require an entirely new form of econkmics

My grandpa built his own house.

Good for him

Without the assistance of automation

Im sure it was rewarding

Automation is not going to make production more difficult

How is he going to pay for the tools?

Or are you suggesting we go back to the stone age if you job is absorbed by automation

You either make your own damn tools or... HOW DO YOU AFFORD THE AUTOMATION

IF YOU CAN AFFORD AUTOMATION YOU CAN AFFORD ANYTHING

How does my company knight transportation afford automation?

They profit 1 billion dollars a year

IT DOESNT THATS WHY IT HAS YOU

Thats how

The tech isn't there yet

Until a robot can do what I can do faster better and more accurately

But a robot that can do everything you can is more expensive than you, so they won't bother.

I have to sleep, eat, shit, and other things, I have a family

Not really

Can that robot change a flat tire?

I cost my company probably a hundred thousand dollars a year in wages, insurance, and liability alone