Good post

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> at the end of the day, the only vibe that matters is the potential
impact of any given tinkering in any given garage, literally or
metaphorically

This is the most important part, methinks. Given how fast the tech is exploding, it's vital that we bring down the costs of essentials first. Food, drink & basic consumables. This will soften the blow of any and every commotion that happens as a result of high unemployment. We need the robots asap. The displacement of white collar workers will leak into blue collar jobs. People will chase manual jobs if their survival gets on the line. The robots may be too primitive to steal your trade job, but the junior dev that just lost his is not.