Message text written by "BP - His DNA is this long."
>Once these tradesmen have put themselves out of work, by eliminating
society's
reliance on craftsmeanship, do they get a job at McDonald's?<

The replies on this topic are interesting, if contradictory. On the one
hand, we have some lamenting that there is so much preservation work and
not nearly enough skilled people to do it well, and on the other hand we
have this response that suggests that if more efficient means of production
requiring less skill are adopted, that everyone will be reduced to working
at McDonald's.

The truth probably lies somewhere in between. And market forces will play
their role.

If there is a flood of preservation work with no takers, prices for
preservation projects will rise and more potential preservation
craftspeople will enter the field. If the talent pool is overcrowded,
unemployed preservation craftspeople will make adjustments in their
economic planning. For some it may include a complete change of career. (In
any field there are some who should probably consider changing careers).
Given the alternative of long term unemployment, flipping hamburgers seems
like honest work, but it is an unlikely extreme. Home Depot, maybe, but not
McDonald's.

Mike E.