For the knowledge-workers/digital economy i think you're on the right track Guy. Don't however forget the physical world where houses get built, rivers are dammed, electrical power generated (and distributed), meals cooked, injuries treated, etc etc etc

Not saying innovation doesn't or can't occur in those domains because it clearly does. But there is value in work (as we all ack), and plenty of that work isn't inventive or new or exciting .. just necessary and important and unending :-)

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Of course. Blue collar work is about to get really cool again. But then there will also be robotics to tackle those at scale also. It’s going to be a seriously crazy transition for the couple of decades.

I studied AI as an undergraduate in the early 80’s when it was “about to take off”; robotics, like AI has demonstrated “ will have a very long period between inception and wide use

Agree it’s irrevocably coming though, much like Bitcoin

Yeah agreed. The “optimization and roll out” phase will take a lot longer than people imagine, imo. But I do think we are moving into that period very quickly. If Elon Musk survives he’s gonna have a robot on the market within the decade he says as “personal car prices.”