Many people believe the world is moving toward a complete mechanization of labour. As machines become increasingly complex and able to execute more specific and complex work, the cost of investing in the machinery declines with increased manufacturing, and the economy of machine over human labour is increased. For instance, it is enormousley advantageous to have robots build computer chips: size, detail and precision can be replicated multiple times quicker by maching and program than by human. But are there some tasks which will always  be more economical to have human labour perform? 

I have just had a baby a few weeks ago. I'm in love with the little being and am loving watching here adjust to the outside world. I think this is a wonderful time and am glad to be able to enjoy it with her away from work. I believe most of us think of childhood and babies as an integral part of a family. But what if you look at a baby's development from the eye of a financial officer^

A baby takes years to develop into a "contributing" member of society.  what if there were a way to hasten the process^ And what if that way was cheaper than another way of producing your goods? Could it be genetically possible to maintain a lifespan but hasten the developmental process? 

The "best" part of this scenario is that it fits with the global capital system. If, for instance, textiles remain better suited to human than machine labour, the same developping third-world markets that we take advanage of now could be taken advantage of by genetically speeding up the growth process, enabling longer lifespan contribution. This will be the topic of my next novel.