"If technology can be perfected to manage medicine, navigation, education, and even design, what then becomes of work? The specter is not merely unemployment—it’s meaninglessness. Once freed from the burdens of labor, what do we do?"
>"If technology can be perfected to manage medicine, navigation, education, and even design, what then becomes of work? The specter is not merely unemployment—it’s meaninglessness."
Only if one's identity is defined by their work.
I'll keep my laundry machine and dishwasher, and deal with the resulting meaninglessness.