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    In the worst case, almost all the gains from Automata flow to a small percentage of the population who accumulate unprecedented wealth. That extreme inequality would undoubtedly result in severe social unrest. This risk is likely greatest in societies that allow the rise of Automata to be governed by market forces with minimal oversight and regulation. The responsibility for avoiding such a state will fall to national governments and economic unions that have the legislative power to set guardrails and use taxation to build infrastructure that facilitates broad participation in the new economy.

    idk what “guardrails” or “facilitates broad participation in the new economy” is supposed to mean or how it is supposed to work, but it doesn’t seem like anything short of actual redistribution could actually be effective at preventing extreme inequality in this situation.