joshuahandrich said:
The faster the better. This will eventually progress society and provide more time for art and creativity and scientific discoveries.
Once the common people are no longer valued only for a dollar per hour rate we can progress past wage slaves and provide more basic necessities for everyone with less resources.
The eventually advance society is the tough part... What to you do about the billions in the short term that don't have much artistic creativity, and are plain unable to develop new job skills fast enough to feed their families?
And with mechanical picking, there's already been a trend where resistance to bruising is the primary breeding requirement... not taste. Also, many are picked early to avoid bruising, then artificially ripened with hormones at the warehouse.