Interesting read. This hardens the argument we need continue to rapidly develop automation technology. If the productivity of robots were considered, the pyramid would look very different.
No, "rapidly develop[ing]" anything is not a solution. We need to get humans as a species to shift our (subconscious) thinking away from the goal of an ever-increasing number of humans with an ever-increasing "standard of living", enabled by ever-rising "productivity".
We're living in what is essentially a closed system with limited resources and carrying capacity. If we think we can always overcome the limits of one resource by more development of another, we're deluding ourselves and likely on track to make the crash worse when it finally comes.
Exactly what the long-term, sustainable capacity of the Earth may be is of course unknown, but I think there's a strong possibility that we are currently exceeding it.
If you more closely analyze my post, I think you’d see we may agree.
Maybe full retirement is too strong, and should be obvious only in physically tough jobs, but for others a semi retirement, as a wise/consultant in their company could be a good compromise.