> you get an automation pension and get to relax for the rest of your life. Everyone will be praying their job is next on the list to go.
I'm sorry... This sounds awful. Relaxing is good in moderation. Work is good for the human soul though.
Work _creates_ meaning. It doesn’t have to and you’re free to not find satisfaction in your work, but you get to choose. There is no creature that lives without work. Why should any of us be otherwise?
My post probably isn’t going to convince you but read some Marcus Aurelius or another stoic and maybe they will.
Would you stop working for other people if you didn't have to?
I really like coding my own personal projects. Many times I do it precisely to find flow and relax.
Same with designing parts to 3D print, or printing them afterwards.
Solving real world problems that I care about can be extremely rewarding and often quite relaxing.
I actually think most of the stress from work comes from the fact that you either perform or you might not have enough for food and shelter, for yourself and your family.
Take that away and failure becomes nothing more than an opportunity to learn. I find that very relaxing.
Yet another bank crisis. Yet another war. And people still living in poverty. Hm.
For me, you can give it to the birds or rather to the AIs. I'll take the beach any day.
If I didn't need to work to live decently, I'd likely still work, but differently. Maybe part-time at a bakery? I'd focus on other topics, probably some longer-term research subjects.
It's also true that it's very easy to go down the "lazy" path, and probably much less enriching.
Under a socialist society, there is less incentives to drive everything so hard because people can relax a little. Yes, people will be free to choose and push things further, but not so desperate for doing so.
The drive to hard and spooky "AGIs" would probably slow down too, right now it's happening at such break next pace because of economic incentives are so strong for doing so.
I was freaking out quite a bit about the future, until someone on here mentioned socialism a few days ago, and I chilled out because ultimately, I think that's where we'll end up, at least some form of it, and it actually made me feel better.
I've lived in countries which people would consider "socialist", and it was awesome, so I'm not worried about it.
Also don't forget that societies have existed with many "happy citizens" not doing really much of anything, Rome, and many indigenous cultures, yes they had to do some work for food, but mostly had a pretty good carefree lives without "jobs".