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by moe 4960 days ago
Craft beer, massage parlors, landscape architects, mobile game programming

But what percentage of massage parlors, interior designers and mobile game programmers can a society sustain, under the current rules and conditions?

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Well automated intensive agriculture can feed a country by using 1-2% of the workforce.

If we can get well-automated intensive consumer goods industry to provide basic necessities by using 3-4% of the workforce, and can finally make some progress in automating construction and other infrastructure, then I see no reason why all the "standard needs" can't be provided by ~10% of people, leaving the other 90% for these 'luxury' occupations. This can (and most likely will) happen after a few decades, still during my lifetime.