[AuthAuth]

There exists to many complex things in the world and we cannot do it all ourselves. We work so that we have something of value to trade to the people who do the work on the things we want.

We will never automate all work so we with half of humanity doing nothing of value it will be a struggle for the people who do nothing of value to convince people to do work for them.

We can see it now where products dont target the people without money. There is no point because they cant give you any reward so instead you do your work for the people that can give you something in return. We can use the government to stimulate and balance this a bit but at a certain point the number gets to high and things collapse.

[jeffhuys]

So when you say stuff like“ We will never automate all work” generally you’d follow that up with an argument as to why you think that. It’s not fact, YOU think this to be the case. Back it up!

[AuthAuth]

Its impossible because I could point to anything or refer to history and the complexities of work and you would say "in the future there is a magic technology that could automate it" and it would be impossible to disprove that.

[RandomLensman]

In the extreme, could just agree not to use technology in some areas (which isn't something unheard of).

Human agency is real and powerful - unless humans want to automate all work, it won't happen.

[jeffhuys]

True, and that’s a good argument. It does shine a light on that we need to define what “work” means to all participants of discussion; is painting work? Is elder care work? Is making a nice sandwich for yourself work?

[plastic-enjoyer]

What if there is simply not enough work to provide value for the people that do the work on things we want?