Take a look at this: http://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/11/22/self-driving-car-test-its-skills-boston-fleet-cars-slated-grow-beyond-singapore

And this: http://www.pymnts.com/chatbot-tracker/2016/chatbot-tracker-shipping-gifts-and-customer-return-rate/

Imagine the above applied to the millions of driving and customer service jobs out there. It's coming, isn't it? It's going to happen. Technology reduces the need for human labour, and therein lies the problem. The way we look at money amounts to "It has to be earned because it represents a 'debt' you have to 'pay off' and if you want to live then you have to work", but the logic of technological development reduces the availability of work. There are already millions of people having to work two or even three part-time jobs just to make ends meet. Millions more are under-employed and rely on state handouts.

What is the purpose and nature of Bitcoin in relation to this? We're in the early stages of a technological revolution and we're still trying to address the problems it is creating by using technologies and methods from an earlier era. This is why I suggested elsewhere that Bitcoin has reinvented the wheel, i.e. it has reinvented the coin in digital form. But has reinventing the coin actually solved anything?

HS