It depends on what you want. Machines increased productivity. What do you want to do with it? Do you want more stuff? Or do you want more time? You (plural

It depends on what you want. Machines increased productivity. What do you want to do with it? Do you want more stuff? Or do you want more time? You (plural, as in, society) can take one or the other, or some of each, but not all of both. Traditionally we have taken the gains in terms of more stuff. (Not always, though - the 8-hour workday and 5-day week are in fact taking the gains in the form of time.) But we may be at a place where more stuff isn't going to make us that much better off. That is, some of us may be there. Not all. There are still far too many people who don't have decent housing, nor any realistic chance of getting it. There are far too many people who can be ruined by one medical issue. There are far too many people who don't have food security. So maybe what we really ought to be spending the gains on is a better life for those people - that is, the "living wage" part. Living wage for all, first. Then we can see if we can reach the 32-hour week.