I don&#x27;t buy the argument that automation breaks capitalism. The predominant cost of almost everything is labor. As things become automated, costs go down. Food costs less, housing construction costs less, local production costs less so demand for fuel is reduced, mining and recycling cost less so raw materials cost less, etc.<p>The reduction in the amount of work available is proportional to the reduction in the cost of everything, so the wages from fewer hours of working buy more stuff. Everything is fine until we literally get to zero, which may not even be possible, and if it is then we&#x27;re living in Star Trek fantasy land where everything is free and anyone can just press a button to get whatever they want.<p>The only real trouble is unemployment as a result of demand for labor not matching the skillset of the labor pool, but solving that is hardly rocket science. Large grants for education (and food and housing for students). Send everybody back to school until they&#x27;re qualified to do the jobs that still exist.