I agree that pride and identity are important to people’s well being. What are some suggestions to help people gain those back, perhaps in a still viable indust

I agree that pride and identity are important to people’s well being. What are some suggestions to help people gain those back, perhaps in a still viable industry? Until AGI is invented, there will always be jobs available [1] but some jobs are unnecessarily looked down upon despite being important to society and safer than mining. Since pride in one’s work tends to tie with the value that broader communities put on the work, would a broad-based ongoing PR campaign by well-resourced organizations (incl. local and federal governments) help with that? Perhaps we can put the DeBeers experience with creating a shared cross-generation myth of diamonds representing true love to good use. Elderly care, for example, would be hard to automate cost effectively over the next couple of decades and possibly longer. If society puts more value and gives more prestige to the job, more people would be willing to train to do it. (Obviously, the society should help people transition to their new roles as well for example by covering the costs of living and training for a substantial period.) [1] Lump of labor fallacy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lump_of_labour_fallacy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lump_of_labour_fallacy As concrete examples: - Has every piece of potentially useful land well-developed as a magnificent public or private space? - Has all public infrastructure needed been built and well-maintained to the best quality possible? - Does every person, adult and child, have access to world-class education/training they want or need, including private tutoring if they wish?