[ WP ] The Last Employee in the known world has fallen ill and is about to die

World leaders and government officials gathered around the hospital bed of Greg Sanders. He had the worlds best doctors constantly checking in on him and was being treated with top of the line medical equipment. 
 
 All were focused on the 70 year old man who was now on bed rest due to overexertion. Greg was whispering to a person who was furiously writing things down on a memo pad. A vice president from some place leaned in and asked about what he was saying, only to be immediately shushed by those around him. 
 
 `` He's telling us how it all works'' the President said quietly. 
 
 An hour later, they let him rest and met in the Doctor's lounge which now -apparently - doubled as a United Nations. 
 
 Each leader was accompanied by a translator as they asked the President questions. 
 
 `` What did he say?'' Europe's leader asked. 
 
 `` He said that the robots can function as long as they keep pinging the satellites to update `` The President said in an assuring tone. 
 
 After translation, there were sighs of relief and some claps of joy. 
 
 `` But who runs the satellites?'' The German leader asked. 
 
 `` He says that those are also robots.'' The president answered. 
 
 `` Where do they get their power from?'' The African leader asked. 
 
 `` They get their power from Global United Power Cell Plant.'' 
 
 There was silence and some confusion. 
 
 `` So, why not just put robots in the Plant? have them run it?'' Australia asked. 
 
 `` It's not that simple. The electrical interference from the plant has made it so that only humans and simple wiring can get within a mile of the Power Cell without malfunctioning. And that's not the only problem...'' The president trailed off. 
 
 `` What else is there?'' The Queen of England's aide asked. 
 
 ``... He said that back when we automated all of our menial and mental jobs for robots, a big part of that was removing the guess work from things. Robots ca n't estimate - that would require uncertainty, which is something that causes robots to malfunction. Greg Sander's job was to estimate how much energy each part of the world needed at a moments notice - and he was good at it. He's been doing this for 50 years.'' Said the president. 
 
 `` Why did n't we train anyone else to do this?'' Russia asked. 
 
 `` I can answer this one'' Sweden piped up. `` He's actually been asking for an apprentice for the past 20 years it's just that the United Nations kept telling him that we did n't have room in the budget and no one really wanted to sign up for it.'' 
 
 Dead silence filled the room. 
 
 `` Ca n't someone just learn it now?'' Mexico asked. 
 
 The President looked up. ``... That's another problem. This job's margin of error is very small. One false misappropriation of energy and entire countries could black out - which he says could cause the overflow to hit outlying nations with a power surge. This would cause a chain reaction that could leave the entire world without power until it gets fixed.'' 
 
 5 minutes later, Greg Sanders passed away.
