A machine probably isn&#x27;t going to make unique hand-made tables.  There&#x27;s a trend right now, we mock hipsters for their love of &quot;artisinal&quot; products.... but in an age where machines make everything the same, I think people make things that aren&#x27;t.  If you just want a table, you can go to ikea and get the machine made table that everyone else who doesn&#x27;t care bought too.  If you want that &quot;one good&quot; product, you can ask an artist to make one.  Or you can find a place with tools, and make it yourself.<p>To me the future is one where we all have access to the basics, and you choose to have a few things that are of quality.<p>The catch is, making things by hand isn&#x27;t very profitable.  I think a minimum income paid for by machine &quot;owners&quot;, distributed to everyone frees normal people find the work they LOVE instead of just &quot;work&quot;.<p>If I didn&#x27;t have to worry about money, i&#x27;d split my time between the woodshop, and designing a new programming language.