Great answer, what I’m struggling with is I just had a kid last year and my apathy for friends and family pushing conspiracies jumped to 100% real fast. I found it easier and less stressful to not bring them into my household, much less allow them around the baby.

But then how will Bank of America make any money?

It’s uploading the firmware?

I think Western economies need to seriously prepare for this within the next few decades. Manufacturing automation and AI will continue to marginalize labor and social services will continue to expand to fill the gap.

UBI or ultimately a resources based economy could become the only way to provide for a population that once could afford to stoke the fires of consumerism. We will probably find ourselves there on accident. Meaning, the transition will be a disaster.