[vijayr]

This book talks about the same thing - http://www.amazon.com/The-End-Work-Jeremy-Rifkin/dp/B000ILZ5...

output is consistently increasing, profits are consistently increasing - the only thing that is NOT increasing, is employment numbers. A big chunk of it is because of robots and automated systems.

huge population + huge unemployment = disaster

[agumonkey]

Isn't that the main topic ? As computer/robotics progress a vast span of jobs won't require humans. What will it means to exist in this future ? Will it be abundance and free creative life ? Can humans lead a good life without having ( a strong necessity) to work ?