Horses aren't the center of the economy, though.
It's fundamentally different. Horses might always want more and more things no matter how much they get. But they don't create demand in our economy, so we'll never know.
No matter how much humans get, they'll always want more. And other humans will have to come up with ways to meet that demand.
Sure - if we ever reach a time where the entire human race says "this is enough" and everything is automated, then there won't be any jobs. But we're a very far way away from that point. In 2013, 60% of people on the planet didn't even have a toilet [1].
There are obvious problems. In the Western world, it certainly seems like we don't have enough jobs for workers without certain skillsets - or at least jobs that employers are willing to pay minimum wage for.
But there are also lots of jobs available.
[1] https://slate.com/technology/2013/02/60-percent-of-the-world...
It's fundamentally different. Horses might always want more and more things no matter how much they get. But they don't create demand in our economy, so we'll never know.
No matter how much humans get, they'll always want more. And other humans will have to come up with ways to meet that demand.
Sure - if we ever reach a time where the entire human race says "this is enough" and everything is automated, then there won't be any jobs. But we're a very far way away from that point. In 2013, 60% of people on the planet didn't even have a toilet [1].
There are obvious problems. In the Western world, it certainly seems like we don't have enough jobs for workers without certain skillsets - or at least jobs that employers are willing to pay minimum wage for.
But there are also lots of jobs available.
[1] https://slate.com/technology/2013/02/60-percent-of-the-world...