Here&#x27;s a big task that is a) not directly related to computers, and b) the coming wave of automation can&#x27;t take away - <i>maintenance</i>. All those buildings, tracks, machines, etc. can&#x27;t clean and fix themselves. We can&#x27;t jump over everything with the standard market approach of making cheap disposable crap and replacing it wholesale when some component breaks. There&#x27;s <i>infrastructure</i>. Like water mains, electrical conduits and cabling, etc.<p>We need one more breakthrough before we can free people from jobs - self-maintaining machines. Which will probably involve self-healing materials. Imagine if you could simplify maintaining underground cables to just making sure there&#x27;s enough nutrient-rich fluid around them. Then we could automate the production and delivery of such fluid, and we&#x27;d be done.<p>The future without jobs is the future where our infrastructure heals itself, just like our bodies do.