Well, there's still a need that will be present, but if automation builds up then it'll leave more room for leisure time, which is how we get various types of innovation. We should all want more leisure time and although it might seem counter-intuitive to promote entrepreneurial ideas while also advocating for more leisure time, I can assure you it isn't. What we really want is to maintain production and basic tiers of service. We can compensate to varying extents in both of those areas with automation, but there will be gaps left for at least a few decades. Ultimately, this should be pushing people more toward innovation in areas that thrive on Entrepreneurship: Entertainment, Technology, Finance, Advertisement (which is, like it or not, crucial to Capitalism), Medicine and eventually Spirituality. I'm sure I'm I'm just scratching the surface too. I think it's helpful to reframe the "they'll take our jobs" vantage point of automation. Not having a surplus of jobs isn't exactly what we should fear. We're seeing a symptom, not a cause. Instead, our problem is more like being invaded slowly under the guise of "immigration". That's what's *really* threatening unemployment rates. We need automation for leisure time, which increases contentment, peer bonding and innovation, among other things. It certainly isn't a bad thing... unless, of course, your country is being invaded. Just don't forget we still need programmers, maintenance guys and more things that won't immediately come to me.