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> Productivity has soared in farming and construction. [...] It's merely a social expectation that we should all work, and a preference, not a necessity, to punish those who don't.

This seems like grasping entitlement. High productivity in farming or construction does not automatically give you the right to demand that they hand over their food or houses. Their preference to share their output in an exchange is not a punishment - it's reciprocity. If it wasn't for the prospect of exchange, why would anyone ever make more of anything than strictly what they needed? They could be hanging out with friends and family instead of catering to the needs of strangers.

> We do them despite the fact we could feed and house everyone with perhaps 9/10 people not working.

There is plenty of other problems to solve like cancer, diseases, global warming, clean energy, access to space and unfortunately in many places still housing and food. Claiming that people no longer need to work is like saying that we have run out of problems to solve. That this is it. That this is the world we want.