It is like a virus in a way.
> no, needing people to do less isn't the outcome. The same amount of people can now produce _even_ more. Just like having tractors pushed out farmers that used to hire lots of manual labour.
We have reached the point of diminishing returns when it comes to technological development. We do NOT need to produce more things more efficiently. That only leads to more resource usage, which this planet can no longer accommodate.
Instead, we need to concentrate on sustainability rather than productivity.
> It's a good outcome in the long term. It sucks for those who get displaced - but the train of technological progress runs over tracks made of the bones of those it displaces. this has always been the case in history, and will continue to be until the day we reach post-scarcity.
If we go down that route, we will use up too many resources. We should not aim for post-scarcity, but rather post-productivity. Technology is no longer making the world better, it's making it worse. If you live in a city, simply look out the window. We're destroying our planet all in the name of endless economic growth, which is only making us slaves to the technological machine.