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Re:The Population Bust by Robotbeat on Friday August 16, 2019 @10:01PM (#20721476)
It's only worth automating something if there's enough demand to justify the investment in the automation process. If population declines, we may actually see less automation for some things... ...and therefore cost increases.
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Re:The Population Bust by sdenton4 on Saturday August 17, 2019 @11:58AM (#20724625)
OTOH, automation enables things that fundamentally aren't possible with any number of humans, due to economics. If we find ways to lower the cost of automation itself, lovely things can happen.
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