> If there is less work to be done in the world, everyone will work less on average. Another solution would be that we end up with fewer people, through any of

> If there is less work to be done in the world, everyone will work less on average. Another solution would be that we end up with fewer people, through any of several rather nasty mechanisms. I'm not as optimistic as you that society values animals which don't provide anything -- horses haven't gone extinct, but they're certainly not doing well either. In the age of thinking machines, monkeys are the new horses.