RE: The Importance of Work for Our Identity, Meaning and Purpose in Life
The most interesting area that will (and should) be robotisized is filing information with the govern-cement.
However, this is the largest make work program in the world. That of filling out forms, and then taking those forms and putting them into a computer. It could so easily be automated, if only the govern-cement weren't 20 years behind.
Overnight, 50% of the working people could be freed from their drudge. And businesses could be much more relaxed, because they know all the things got filed correctly. (misfiling comes with fines, and people interrupting your actual work)
What is really interesting, is that we could all go back to the farm, and with the advent of small, personal tractors, and running water, we could make a living like those 200 years ago, but with less than 20 hours a week of work.
The only problem with this is how do you pay the rent (property tax) on your property? Converting food into cash is not the easiest thing.
There are lots of things that need doing. There is tons of work that would really help if someone was to do it. But, currently they are all unpaid / they do not make a profit.
This is probably the area that is going to change the most in the coming years. With communities issuing cryptos for work in maintaining the community. (like picking up trash)
Because, as @krnel says, work is important to a person's well being.
Yeah for some ppl they want t go back to self-sufficient living and live off the land, but others prefer to exchange for food and do something else. Crypto for community work sounds like a good thing. What do you have in mind as a way for it to happen? Someone has to have the crypto to pay, didn't they work to buy into it or do other work like on Steem (apart from selling their votes and laying back to reap the profits ;) )
Charles Hugh Smith has a lot more on this idea.
His thoughts are on a community based crypto. It would probably based on local trade / bartering as well as local donation / charity.
And then add some kind of voting / donating for jobs to get done, posted on a board or something.
The big idea isn't hard, but the implementation is in the details, and those are brutal.