[jMyles]

> Truckers get paid per hour of work, less work == less money.

Such a trivial and stupid reason to guide the future of technology and the human conditions. Of course people want to be home with their families instead of driving for weeks on end.

I find it dizzying that we think we can automate all of the matter around us to do what pleases us, but the matter of changing the socioeconomic configuration to match it seems a bridge too far. Come on now.

The economy (and society) will change, and this dude can stay with his family. Sounds great.

[darpa_escapee]

The people who are doing the automation, or own what is automated, don't want to change the socioeconomic configuration, it's working out very well for them.

> The economy (and society) will change, and this dude can stay with his family. Sounds great.

Given the productivity increases we've seen in the past few decades, this really hasn't been the case.

It is hard to stay home with family, when "home" and "family" means having many low-paying jobs to support both.