Happened in the UK last year. I worked on an IT Service Desk where we had like 50 phones being rebuilt. I was in the building on my own on a weekend. I thought it was Armageddon.

Letting the stardates roll by, empty space flowing under-hull

But if 50% of people are above the average, can that truly be an average?

Yup, it’ll probably take a few generations after work robots become commonplace for capitalism to finally shuffle off. Life will just suck a whole lot more in the intervening time as you fight for the few unskilled jobs and spend 25+ years in education to get the few skilled jobs available