Marshall Brain, who created the original HowStuffWorks.com site (& retired on it!), wrote a story called "Manna", which I read back in 2003 when he published it for free online ( http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm ) - and now, 13 years later, we're seeing the disruption of automation & robotic technology exponentially eating up human capital as we breathe. On the one hand, it's pretty scary, because most of human meaning and community has been built on the exchange of value between people up 'til now.

...but now, for the first time, we come to a real bifurcation in our social evolution, and no-one can predict its outcome on the future of humanity and its effect on the planet.

Scary, yes, but it also presents us with an incredible opportunity - only for as long as AI doesn't remain in the hands of the few.

Google "Elon Musk Open AI" for one entrepreneur's breath of fresh air and hope that might just lead to an unprecedented social reconnaissance if he pulls it off.

..interesting times indeed!