If jobs are “lost” because robots are doing more work, why is it a problem that the population is aging and there are fewer in “working age”? Shouldn’t the two effects sort of cancel each other out?

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If jobs are “lost” because robots are doing more work, why is it a problem that the population is aging and there are fewer in “working age”? Shouldn’t the two effects sort of cancel each other out?

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I think the utopian idea is that eventually there is such surplus and efficiency that you don’t need to be a worker. You just get a basic income free education and medical. Allowing you to do whatever you want. People who do work will be able to buy luxury items.

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