Tim Worstall (Forbes) responding to a blog post by Paul Krugman (NYTimes)

curated by John Payne | December 30, 2012

“If it really does become the robots that make the robots that repair the robots that dig the ore to make the steel to be made into cars by robots, then obviously cars are going to be pretty cheap.”

John Payne‘s insight:

Worstall offers a more optimistic view than has recently been commonplace, of the effect of technology, specifically including robotics, on the economic well-being of the average person.

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