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Would a Work-Free World Be So Bad?
Fears of civilization-wide idleness are based too much on the downsides of being unemployed in a society premised on the concept of employment. People have speculated for centuries about a future without work, and today is no different, with academics, writers, and activists once again warning that technology is replacing human workers. Some imagine that the coming work-free world will be defined by inequality: A few wealthy people will own all the capital, and the masses will struggle in an impoverished wasteland.
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I think it's a great idea personally.
I suppose that depends on how you define "work". If we were to use the Orthodox Jew definition, we would all die. If, however, you are referring to the manual labor stuff that could be done by robots, yeah, I don't really see a problem with that. In the end, people who are productive-type people will find productive stuff to do. Bums will be bums. Nothing changes except the job description.