The people who will reap the rewards of machine work will be those that own machines, directly or indirectly through corporate ownership, or own valuable assets, like mining rights or intellectual property.<p>These people will end up with the lion&#x27;s share of money.<p>Then who will the machines produce value for?  The hyperrich in this situation of course.<p>So a few people will be both the owners and the superrich consumers.  From a purely mathematical standpoint, this will result in a vibrant economy.<p>From the perspective of the 99% or 99.995% this will be a disaster. But the history of life is the history of the winners.<p>The only way to change that will involve a serious redesign of civilization from the bottom up.  I am for that, but human beings don&#x27;t seem to be well suited for that task.  The mindless muddying of every important political issue of our times by news, corporations and politicians suggests most of the human race is going to take a huge hit and then waste its miserable time fighting about why instead of coming together.