Way back in 1995, 18 years ago, Jeremy Rifkin, the futurist and brilliant social scientist, wrote a great book called “The End of Work”.  Almost to the day, he has been able to paint the scenario that is being played out now in our lives.  The global phenomena of people being replaced by technological advances and machines in the production of goods and services.  This is not just an American problem.  Across the world you will

see more and more industries removing the human element from production.

You will also see  the service industries changed.  He anticipates nearly a fully automated service sector by the middle of the century.  Hundreds of millions of workers will be permanently idled by both globalization and automation.  The good, of course, is that the labor of millions will be freed from the “economic process and the pull of the marketplace”.  What to …