I hate too much automation as IMHO it can lead us to this:




or something similar but still not very appealing.
I wonder what those guys in big corporations think when they cut and cut work force and increase level of computerization and automation. Finally, who is going to buy their stuff if everything automated. I strongly believe our current economic predicaments are to the great extent caused by automation that was gutting job markets for decades. Those jobs gone and hamburger flipping ain't going to make a good substitution.