We live in a strange time. Many of our ancestors worked very hard to provide a better life for &#x27;us&#x27;, their future generations.<p>And, here we are. We&#x27;ve reached a point where there&#x27;s not much &#x27;real work&#x27; to do for most people, perhaps because of lack of education, lack of information, natural ability, health, location, or access to capital.<p>In olden times, maybe those people would have perished. But, we have accumulated enough wealth and productivity to keep a lot of them housed, fed, relatively well, and perhaps even entertained.<p>Instead of celebrating this, we shame them. Maybe it&#x27;s reasonable to do so. The ever smaller portion of the world has to work harder to give these others continued benefits.  But, I doubt that they&#x27;re all &#x27;not useful&#x27; to us as a society. Maybe they&#x27;re editing Wikipedia, or writing reviews, or posting on online forums, playing online games, clicking on ads, or playing with their kids even.<p>I don&#x27;t know.  I&#x27;m not an economist. I don&#x27;t know what&#x27;s &#x27;right&#x27;. But, in a way, I&#x27;m happy that we are at a point like this.  Instead of &#x27;getting them to work&#x27;, maybe we can give them new types of work that help keep the world moving forward.