>I understand and agree with these desires. However, getting fewer and simpler clothes can near solve the second problem for much cheaper.

Good luck convincing most people to wear t-shirts and jeans every day, let alone a small number of them. No thanks.

There's a problem with t-shirt and jeans every day? Nobody told me... ;-)

You know some people have to wear uniforms, right?

You know some people have occupations where you get really dirty, right?

You know some people have to "dress to impress" for work, right?

Not everyone can move to "simple" clothes so easily, including most people who are employed.

None of this really contradicts my points. Reduce the time spent cleaning by reducing the amount of time you spend cleaning. This could mean cleaning more often, but you will still spend less time doing it.

And... none of the people you mentioned are likely to benefit from the first several waves of robots cleaning outfits. Which was what I had on my mind.

That is, if you are a person that feels they need help cleaning their clothes, you are likely not a person that will benefit from the first robotic solutions. Unless, of course, you could already benefit from the current outsourcing techniques for the job. And it will be a while before those are beaten in price.

I say this as someone that has grown to love our robotic vacuum. Things is awesome. Probably still cheaper and more effective to just sweep and vacuum manually.

Eating out every night takes a lot of time and is not cost-effective for a huge percentage of the population.

The point I didn't really make was that robots for personal dishes is not likely to be cheap anytime soon. That is, my emphasis was supposed to be the alternatives being advantaged for the foreseeable future. Not that someone has to change their behavior.