Thread by @balajis

Can everyone really be a CEO?

1) Much of the US population used to be yeoman farmers
2) SaaS reduces need for headcount
3) Automation is transforming many sectors, including agriculture

Maybe the distant future is everyone as the CEO of their own robotic, autarkic farm.

"Agriculture robots are becoming commonplace for farmers...we are still in the early stages of an ag robotics revolution."
postscapes.com/agriculture-ro…

"The relative lack of red tape on wide-open fields is a boon to the farming robot and other new agricultural technology. Compare that to the safety rules needed to deploy self-driving cars on congested city streets."
investors.com/news/farming-r…

"A growing cohort of companies are working on agricultural robotics to build autonomous tractors, combines, and even fruit and vegetable picking robots."
realagriculture.com/2018/08/automa…

"From driverless tractors to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), farming technology is rapidly evolving. Farmers can use drones to identify specific plants that are diseased or infested with bugs...and to get a bird's-eye view of their crops."

"Some of the robotic harvest machines now pushing through fields use electronic sensors and techniques learned through research and development of advanced driver-assist systems and semi-autonomous cars."
cnbc.com/2018/03/08/wav…