the automation conundrum

to many people it's confusing that so many people have work today 

when so much previous work has been automated 

before a driver drove a horse buggy 

but then cars were invented 

and then one taxi could transport more passengers per day 

than any horse buggy could 

so many horse buggy drivers lost their wok 

but even more taxi drivers got work driving taxi cars 

since faster and cheaper transport increased market demand 

so that more people wanted taxi car rides 

and more taxi companies were started 

and more taxi drivers were hired 

and motorized transport changed every economic sector 

by increasing efficiency 

so that companies in every economic sector 

produced better and cheaper products and services 

and better products and services enabled populations to grow 

so that even more taxi car drivers were hired 

so ai and robotics could probably make companies hire fewer workers 

and possibly also kick workers 

because of increased efficiency 

but since ai and robotics will enable companies 

to produce better and cheaper products and services 

then that will increase market demand for those products and services 

so that more companies are started that use ai and robotics 

to produce better and cheaper products and services 

and then more workers will be hired 

because more companies need more workers 

since every company needs atleast a few workers 

and in the far future 

if automation is taken to its logical endpoint 

so that almost all work is automated 

then companies will still need humans as owners 

so that workers will instead be small business owners 

that manage their own companies 

like farmers previously managed their own farms 

automation of work has been going on 

since humans discovered fire 

and historically automation of work 

has always increased quality of life for humans