Canadian Politics Today

I think drivers are next in line.  It's probably just a matter of time before self-driving vehicles start replacing overtired, under-rested, amphetamine-addled truck drivers. Delivery drivers too.

I remember watching an episode of Star Trek where Captain Picard explains to an alien guest that technology has freed mankind from the necessity to work, and that humans are free to pursue self-fulfillment through learning, the arts, travel, exploration, and so on.

Thinking back on that now, I think the most improbable science-fiction element there is not that such technology would eventually exist, but rather that everybody would benefit from it.  In theory, automation and vast increases in productivity could be a great thing, yet in practice they're a nightmare for the average person. 

 -k