These forces of Outsourcing, Automation and Abundance are irreversible.

Indeed. Tough times at first for the transition of workers, but down the line it should mean more abundance for all.

Humans, using technology to do the heavy lifting, the boring repetitive stuff which will allowing them to focus on what makes them uniquely human.
If you think about it, it was ever thus.

Yeah, that's the ideal we should go towards. There's always that worry about tech/AI going bad by someone's hands hehe.

I agree on the many useless jobs that will be good to be gone just because they fill in economic survability niches.

But I find it sad that each level decreases the monetary value of those still doing work, like people who farm crops. They provide the food for our lives and yet they are hardly given any notice in our lives for their importance. Can automation fully replace those people? But it's always the mind jobs that will be worth more since it requires more to figure things out like complex situations of life, as opposed to more automated robotic repetition of doing something. I suppose it is indeed inevitable to come about as a natural progression. Good post, 100% vote worthy, and resteemed. These are good things for people to think about. You did a great job explaining the shift.