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by CarlosT 4774 days ago
People don't want "jobs", they want "income". It is individuals that will need to own these future assets, like 3D printers to insure they have income.

In response to: "Otherwise we would do well to imagine and plan for a near-term future in which all manufacturing and most construction around the world is replaced by 3D printers. Our kids and grandkids may be reduced to futures in direct competition with a global employment pool of poorly compensated printer designers, printer operators, and printer repairmen, where lowest cost energy as a factor in production reigns supreme"