Make pottery, craft things from wood, go fishing for food, look after animals etc etc.
Imagine that you could do anything you wanted. Sure, many will be happy putting their feet up or doing their favourite leisure activities full time. But some will still be driven to work on this or that.
Honestly, I hate the Tories, but I find the repsonses here intellectually dishonest. They’re not saying that “there will be no work”, they’re saying that you won’t need to work.
Pay me the salary I’m on now to stay at home and I’d quit today!
Yeah, I get that. From my perspective I’m laughing at the total political naivety of Rishi’s Musk interview more than anything else.
I certainly dream of a post-scarcity Star Trek future where we all work for personal passion and societal advancement rather than because we need to pay the bills - but the point of that future is that we still chose to work, because sitting on our arses all day for months on end is not something that healthy humans tend to do. We need things to keep our minds occupied, but I get that we feel differently about doing these things out of choice than out of necessity.
Make pottery, craft things from wood, go fishing for food, look after animals etc etc.
Imagine that you could do anything you wanted. Sure, many will be happy putting their feet up or doing their favourite leisure activities full time. But some will still be driven to work on this or that.
Honestly, I hate the Tories, but I find the repsonses here intellectually dishonest. They’re not saying that “there will be no work”, they’re saying that you won’t need to work.
Pay me the salary I’m on now to stay at home and I’d quit today!
Yeah, I get that. From my perspective I’m laughing at the total political naivety of Rishi’s Musk interview more than anything else.
I certainly dream of a post-scarcity Star Trek future where we all work for personal passion and societal advancement rather than because we need to pay the bills - but the point of that future is that we still chose to work, because sitting on our arses all day for months on end is not something that healthy humans tend to do. We need things to keep our minds occupied, but I get that we feel differently about doing these things out of choice than out of necessity.
Why would anyone pay you?
Because you’re producing artisan goods rather than the same old mass produced bollocks. People will always be willing to pay for a human touch.
Besides, in a world where you don’t need to work, it’s not always going to be about pay. For some people, work is their passion.