Jobs and Automation

[Spooner]

thanks Spooner.

that 20 year time frame ... things will probably be unrecognisable.

After all, we've only have the 'publicly available internet' since about 1995, and that's only 22 years back.  What a different world that digital disruption has had!

In terms of the automation/AI disruption ... self-driving cars ... no more retail jobs ... no more factory jobs (even in cheap labor countries) ... whole sectors of finance and accounting made redundant ...

..unless of course you introduce Universal Basic Income.
This concept has been seriously considered for some time and has already garnered bipartisan support in many jurisdictions.

Released from 'existential Angst', the populus may turn to more globally beneficial pursuits when freed from the treadmill of 3rd density social requirements. 

Unfortunately universal basic income will only be functional if you incorporate some sort of eugenics or birth control. This transforms of the population into a powerless pet-class bred for docility and lack of ambition.