Why? Because they're no longer doomed to eke out a meaningless existence doing a robot's job badly?
There has been, and will be, no point in time at which the optimal strategy is "Stop" or "Wait" or "What about my job?"
There is no way to a post-scarcity economy, the phrase is a contradiction, and scarcity is an inescapable consequence of human desire.
But that’s unavoidable really because it’s based on perception - There will always be a top 10% of something and a bottom 90%.
There is scarcity of information and media of the kind people find valuable. If there is a sense in which the broader statement is true, it is irrelevant for that reason.
This isn’t the same with thinking. Just look at how startups can have millions of customers and 20 employees.
Also last time we had mental labour to fall back on. This time we don’t.
It’s different this time.
Also most western countries which have given up on manufacturing are going to be worse hit because their jobs are more easily replaced.
We don't know that.
We know that the exact same objections have been raised before, and have always, without a single exception, proven to be invalid in the long run.
Why? Because they're no longer doomed to eke out a meaningless existence doing a robot's job badly?