The taxonomy
Eight answers
Sorted by how much of the problem each one admits to. The first four accept that the work is gone. The last four find a way to keep it — by inventing it, owning it, allocating it, or absorbing it.
NOTHING LEFT
Enforced idleness
Everything is provided, so nothing is left to do — and that turns out to be unbearable.
NEW CURRENCYManufactured scarcity
The abundance is real, so a new scarcity gets invented to compete over.
GOOD PRPlay as vocation
Work becomes hobby, and the serious people go looking for risk on purpose.
SURPLUSObsolescence
The work goes, and standing goes with it.
STILL OURSCare work persists
The tasks that survive are the ones that cannot be hurried.
SEE OWNERCapital captures it
Nothing is abolished. The gains are simply owned by someone.
POSTEDAllocated labour
A system decides what you will do, and people comply — sometimes willingly.
INTERNALISEDAssigned meaning
A system hands you a purpose, and it is sufficient.