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.
6 worksNEW CURRENCYManufactured scarcity
The abundance is real, so a new scarcity gets invented to compete over.
5 worksGOOD PRPlay as vocation
Work becomes hobby, and the serious people go looking for risk on purpose.
3 worksSURPLUSObsolescence
The work goes, and standing goes with it.
4 worksSTILL OURSCare work persists
The tasks that survive are the ones that cannot be hurried.
2 worksSEE OWNERCapital captures it
Nothing is abolished. The gains are simply owned by someone.
6 worksPOSTEDAllocated labour
A system decides what you will do, and people comply — sometimes willingly.
2 worksINTERNALISEDAssigned meaning
A system hands you a purpose, and it is sufficient.
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