&quot;But with most jobs are already meaningless from the viewpoint of economic productivity&quot;<p>That&#x27;s highly debatable (the word &quot;most&quot;, specifically).  I&#x27;ve heard the argument before, but there is a reason we have labor productivity statistics that try to quantify this.<p>&quot;A major fault line in the current economic system is the concept of &#x27;right to work&#x27;.&quot;<p>This isn&#x27;t just a fault line, this is the foundation of  market economics for the purpose of human welfare.   You participate in the economic system by trading your resources, e.g. land, labour&#x2F;time, capital, and knowledge.<p>At first glance, we seemingly never have enough time in the developed world, so lack of jobs implies there seems to be a problem in the distribution and renewal of knowledge.<p>If a market can&#x27;t work for the world&#x27;s exchange problems, we&#x27;re  currently fucked as to a lack of functional and pareto efficient alternatives.