[entropi]

But if they do the work for me, then my time is less valuable. If my time is less valuable, I won't pay more to save more of my time.

[Legend2440]

On the contrary, your time becomes more valuable the more tasks you automate, as your productivity per unit of time goes up.

The time of a factory worker who runs machines producing 200000 widgets per hour is far more valuable than the time of a worker making 1 widget per hour by hand.

[entropi]

Yeah but the money I receive is almost completely decoupled from the value I create. In fact, this can only reduce the value of my time since now my expertise is perceived to be commodified.

[Legend2440]

Also not true. The factory worker is paid more than the worker making widgets by hand.

GDP per capita has a strong correlation with average wages. The more productive your economy, the more money the average person makes.

[fridder]

there has been a decoupling of productivity gains and wage increases for some time. Not completely disconnected yet but still