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Re:Robots Rule at Swiss Factories as Strong Franc and Wages ... by JumpCrisscross on Friday February 17, 2017 @11:06AM (#13669190)
The next few decades promise automation that all but removes the economic and geopolitical advantages of population. At that point, population becomes a liability. There are only two endgames: quarantine and subsidy. That is, you subsidise the standard of living for some "in" group and quarantine away the implied "out" group. Ideally, everyone is "in". Realistically, no way.
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Re:Robots Rule at Swiss Factories as Strong Franc and Wages ... by lobotryas on Friday February 17, 2017 @02:12PM (#13670850)
Population on the whole will never become a liability. You DO want more young and middle-aged people than old so your tax base is healthy, but that's not a problem with population as a whole.

Finally, you always need a reserve of able-bodied humans who can be trained to become soldiers. Remember that a lack of trained bodies is one of the reasons why a nation like Japan lost.

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Re:Robots Rule at Swiss Factories as Strong Franc and Wages ... by Eridrus on Friday February 17, 2017 @12:31PM (#13670038)
Until we have true artificial intelligence I do not think this will be true.
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