&gt; <i>Because most work sucks, and 99% of people would rather be screwing, drinking and watching TV all day long.</i><p>That&#x27;s bullshit view of humanity and frankly, insulting to me as a human being. If you really take a look at &quot;99% of people&quot; you&#x27;ll see individuals with dreams and passions, most of whom never get to realize them. That nice girl who served you burger and fries in a drive-thru? She wanted to be a pianist, but she had to enter the job market early. She is knitting over the weekend and cares about local problems. That taxi driver who drove you to work probably builds RC planes in the little free time he has, or maybe serves in HOA.<p>If you really, really look at general population, you&#x27;ll see people with energy to build, create and experiment. Some of them get lucky and find a fulfilling job. Most of them have to try and cram their real work into weekends, if they even have them. And yes, a lot of them come back from work and go straight to drinking and watching TV - because that&#x27;s the only thing you can do to relax after you spend all your energy on a 8+ hour job and commute. It&#x27;s a symptom.<p>Yes, if you remove artificial incentives to work, <i>some</i> people will stop working. Maybe a lot. They&#x27;ll go drinking, spending time with friends, and trying to figure out what they really care about in life, now that they have time. And most will likely get bored after at most a month of drinking and start doing something productive. Because humans in general have the need to build, create and improve.<p>Things will have to be rearranged; some jobs automated, others maybe taken in short shifts out of the sense of social responsibility. But they will get done. Reality is not WALL-E.