The McCormick Reaper, Romney said, "was able to do the work of 70 men in agriculture, 70 people could be replaced by one machine. By virtue of that innovation and others like it, agriculture did no longer require the entire population to feed the population. And so people could move to cities, begin the Industrial Age and change the world."
http://www.npr.org/2012/05/22/153264...obot-president
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Labor-saving devices continue to proliferate. In Japan, for instance, the Fanuc Corp. operates a factory in which robots build other robots. It's called "lights out" manufacturing because no lighting is needed in the factory.
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What will happen in the (near?) future when most of the world's jobs are all robotic and people aren't needed to work but will still require a living? Are there any interesting philosophies?