Good article. I was reading through the comments, and I noticed that a lot of people were talking about developing one's intellect and Steemit as tools for deriving income in an age of increasing automation. While I agree that those are great ideas, I do think one thing is missing: craft. In an age where most daily items are automated, there will likely be an increasing market for items that have a personal touch or that were developing with one's individual technical and artistic skill. For example, yes, driverless cars - short of an apocalyptic event or cripple regulation will be here in the mid-future at the latest - people will want individuate their driverless car. Those sorts of items - custom upholstery, decals, etc... will need to be developed by someone. Additionally, there is always a market for household items that have been developed by hand (cabinetry, dishes, etc...).

I think the biggest issue with automation in general is what it will do for those - in any skill range - that are frankly mediocre or worse with their skills. They will be the ones that are out luck. The best craftsman will be fine; indeed, due to how different their work will look from automated work, they may even do better. It is the person the middling skills that will be harmed the most.

My general takeaway isn't just to limit the alternatives to intellectual based or technological pursuits. If one truly excels in some manual/craft works, those have and will continue to have a market in an automated future.