[jacquesm]

> I feel strongly that we should stop using jobs as a metric of the value of human worth.

I totally agree with you. But even in the present that's a tough sell, many people derive all or most of their self worth from their skill and their capability to generate income. It's the second question people will ask a new person they come in contact with, right after 'what's your name', and long before 'what are your hobbies' and 'do you have kids' or 'are you married'.

And it's already begun, no need to add your 'before that happens' disclaimer, not all jobs lost to automation have resulted in successful transfer to a different job.

The job market will get squeezed from all sides, on the high end because of the pension requirements it will get expanded to keep experienced and older people away from their pension, on the low end you will see an increase in the number of qualifications required for a particular job and automation slashes like a giant comb across the whole thing to remove those jobs that it can now absorb on a regular basis.