Robotic age
 

The McCormick Reaper, Romney said, "was able to do the work of 70 men in agriculture, 70 people could be replaced by one machine. By virtue of that innovation and others like it, agriculture did no longer require the entire population to feed the population. And so people could move to cities, begin the Industrial Age and change the world."
http://www.npr.org/2012/05/22/153264...obot-president

What will happen in the (near?) future when most of the world's jobs are all robotic and people aren't needed to work but will still require a living? Are there any interesting philosophies?

lol, you'll still need tons of consumers... but they'll need to make money somehow.

This same conversation was hashed out over and over before every revolution. And yet we are still here.

I wasn't there, so what were some of the interesting philosophies about a future world where few people are needed to actually labor?

"And on the seventh day, the Machine pressed stop..."
Apoptygma Berzerk -

I would say someone has to build, program, operate (in some cases) and maintain the machines but machines can do that lol

It may not happen in our lifetime, but I do think there will be a time where most if not all labor is no longer done by humans. I like to read stuff by theoretical physicists like Michio Kaku, so I'm looking for futurists on his level too, other than Ray Kurzweil.

As long as the market wants "custom built" there will always be a need for SKILLED labor and a living can be made by said craftsman. But I do agree, fast food workers will be trying to find their calling, as these type of jobs will become a memory.