Recommended BookThe Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

Kevin Kelly published a book in which he is presenting his views of the near future in terms of coexistence of mankind and machines.

Here is a short quote from the book:
 "It is a safe bet that the highest earning professions in the year 2050 will depend on automations and machines that have not been invented yet. That is, we can't see the jobs from here, because we can't yet see the machines and technologies that will make them possible. Robots create jobs that we didn't even know we wanted done."

If you like to be exposed to a sample of the book content you can watch Kelly's recent talk at SXSW, on YouTube at (warning--very slow talk):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZwq8eMdYrY

--Dr. Flywheel