Even before things have gone this far, there will be massive shifts in trade balance as larger and larger segments of the economy are able to be automated. This seems likely to me to result in a wide variety of political instabilities.
Also, prime real estate in the future is going to be the sea floors. Abundant access to geothermal energy and mineral rich ores, lots of coolant, easy access to marine data cables, convenient buoyancy for shipping materials.
Even before things have gone this far, there will be massive shifts in trade balance as larger and larger segments of the economy are able to be automated. This seems likely to me to result in a wide variety of political instabilities. Also, prime real estate in the future is going to be the sea floors. Abundant access to geothermal energy and mineral rich ores, lots of coolant, easy access to marine data cables, convenient buoyancy for shipping materials.