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I agree. But I also think that meaningful work that provides value to your community and to yourself is something that provides some of the greatest satisfactio

I agree. But I also think that meaningful work that provides value to your community and to yourself is something that provides some of the greatest satisfaction available to man. If you remove that ability by either automating someone's job or reducing it to a kitschy "artisan" label which implies that their work is now inefficient and flawed compared to the efficient automated way, you are taking away something important about the human experience that cannot be replaced by leisure activities.

xapata 4y ago
> ... greatest satisfaction available to man. What about women? Yeah, yeah, I know it's uncouth to worry about gendered language. On to the real topic ... > reducing [a job] to a kitschy "artisan" label Automation doesn't (only) reduce jobs, it (also) allows people to get meta. They are now free to think about how the job gets done, rather than constrained by time to only do the job the way they did it yesterday. Or, they can do other jobs that they prefer. I used to live in an apartment without a washing machine, and where the closest laundromat was a 20-minute walk away. I got used to a bucket-and-plunger method for washing my clothes. It was enjoyable in that "I am the salt of the earth" way. When I found a used sink-attachable tiny washing machine on Craigslist, I had a smile on my face the rest of the day.