This is a frustrating point of view to me. We have nearly every able bodied person in society spending something like 1/3rd of their life on this "dignity", bu

This is a frustrating point of view to me. We have nearly every able bodied person in society spending something like 1/3rd of their life on this "dignity", but how many would define it as such? For most people it is an inversion of free will where they are subservient to others and treated as a replaceable cog in a larger and uncaring machine, spending time on something that they may very well hate or at least otherwise choose not to do. All to justify their existence and provide value to society, though for some nominally because there is a growing number of bullshit jobs where the value provided is questionable and the people going through the motions. It does not need to be that way. In an ideal world, human beings should be free to spend their time doing what they wish, work should be purely in the realm of hobby. No one should have to do work that they would not voluntarily choose to do for enjoyment. The only way we get there is through AI and the automation of everything. I don't even think it's avoidable -- provided civilization does not collapse, we will 100% reach a point where everything required to sustain a civilization is performed by machines. We shouldn't let fear keep us in a status quo that, while better than it has ever been historically, is still highly flawed.