Is automation a job killer ?

I am commenting on the following online aticle....
http://www.motioncontroltips.com/2013/01/18/is-automation-a-job-killer/

History shows us that increased technology leads to more goodies and more leisure.  This may or may not be a good thing.  For most it is good... for the ditch digger out of a job... it is a bummer. 

Taken to it's logical conclusion...  in the future a lot of humans will not have any real purpose in life other than to consume.  We see this happening already.  In the U.S. , many people do nothing all day.  Many of them are in government.  Abundance brings boredom in some cases.

I vote that we let technology proceed.....

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