What will we do when automation exceeds employment?

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What will we do when automation exceeds employment?
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I keep coming back to this worry.

What does society do when the most common jobs have been automated away?

### Fully automated burgers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbL_3le40qc&feature=youtu.be

### Fully automated convenience store
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QKrHi-G9WQ&feature=youtu.be

### Jobs already vanishing
[Most popular jobs](https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/canada-s-10-most-common-occupations-in-2016-1.3699020)

#### WOMEN

* ~~Retail salespersons~~
* Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
* ~~Cashiers~~
* Elementary school and kindergarten teachers
* ~~Administrative assistants~~
* ~~Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations~~
* ~~Administrative officers~~
* Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
* ~~General office support workers~~
* Early childhood educators and assistants

#### MEN

* ~~Transport truck drivers~~
* ~~Retail salespersons~~
* Retail and wholesale trade managers
* ~~Janitors, caretakers and building superintendents~~
* Construction trades helpers and labourers
* Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers
* Material handlers
* Carpenters
* ~~Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations~~
* ~~Cooks~~

I have crossed through any of the jobs that are being heavily automated in whole or in part.

### Doesn't leave a lot of employment opportunities, does it?

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