content: This isn't a problem with a decreasing population. Automation takes the place of workers that no longer exist. You don't need to import foreign labor to fill nonexistent jobs. For as long as we've been inventing machines there have been cries that they will leave workers unemployed. As long as we prevent collusion and consolidation, competition among companies will drive prices down on everything built and provided via automation. Decreased wages won't be the end of the world because the cost of goods and services will decrease as well.