&gt; Exactly, which makes any quibbling to my statement nothing but worthless pedantry.<p>No, it doesn&#x27;t. The job is not the need, its just the most common way of satisfying the need.<p>The need is the income.<p>Automation of jobs because automation is more efficient means that the economy becomes better at producing output which can be distributed through other existing means of providing income, notably, tax-funded social benefit programs.