@LottieVixen There's two schools of thought here, the optimistis and the pesimists. I'm somewhere in between; my concern is it will push wages down as labour demands shrink and people are pushed into lower-paying occupations by virtue of not having enough skill for higher-paying ones.

@Elizafox that's the issue here the only ones lower than retail are fast food, the retail sector could not all fit in there. the growth in fast food demand is simply not high enough.

@Elizafox It's an issue in Australia already some of the low-end stores are replacing jobs faster than new jobs pop up with self service checkouts, the only jobs that haven't been replaced are security.

@Elizafox @LottieVixen If I can suggest one book, read "Inventing the Future", it's quite enlightening in that aspect. Sold from Verso Books.

@ciaby I'll see if I can download it.