># 2) Any task that may be automated probably should be automated.  In a way it
># is demeaning to make a person do what a tool could do better.  As a whole,
># it is also less profitable.
>
>...for whom is it less profitable?

for the employer.  any job that can be automated cuts down on
expenses, decreasing its impact of your gross, which increases your
profits.

personally, whenever i hear of everything being automated, i always
think of player piano, by vonnegut.

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