The Cybernation Economy

The cybernation revolution has been brought ..... by the combination of the computer and the automated self-regulating machine.

This results in a system of almost unlimited productive capacity which requires ..... less human labor.

Cybernation is already reorganizing the economic and social system to ..... its own needs.

In the past, when new technologies have replaced workers in a given sector, new sectors have always emerged to absorb the ..... laborers.

Today, all three of the traditional sectors of the economy - agriculture, manufacturing, and service - are experiencing this, forcing millions onto the unemployment ......

The only new sector ..... is the knowledge sector, made up of elite entrepreneurs, scientists, technicians, computer programmers, professionals, educators, and consultants.

While this sector is growing, it is not expected to absorb more than a fraction of the hundreds of millions who will be eliminated in the next several decades in the ..... of revolutionary advances in the information and communication sciences.

The technological changes now occurring will not make human labor .....; on the contrary, they will require tremendous numbers of highly skilled and highly trained managers and technicians.

In the entire occupied population, a larger fraction of members than at present will be ..... in occupations where 'personal service' involving face-to-face human interaction is an important part of the job.

I am confident of stating this conclusion, but far less confident in ..... what these occupations will be.