The time is fast approaching where machines will be doing everything that requires manual labor. Building, transporting, harvesting, and even fighting all done by robotics with only a small number of technicians maintaining them. With 3D printing we are seeing a glimmer of the future where if a person wants something they can have it created without the need of another person making any part of the item. If energy production can be enhanced as well then the only limitation will be natural resources. What about the the people? If the means of production is all automated and labor is not needed except for highly skilled technicians what about the common man? Just as the industrial revolution took away jobs so will the robotic. But this time instead of transitioning into other trades there will not be any. As many former governments can attest having a large unemployed populace is recipe for disaster and revolution. But the cat has already wormed itself out of that bag and without the world going backwards robotics will be the future of labor. So with the above in mind I ask a hypothetical question "If un and low skilled labor is no longer required what happens to the common man? Also how can a economy function when a majority of the people do not have labor but also can have almost anything created for them just by the push of a few buttons?" Thank you for your time.
