Probably not, or at least not us. If technology was going to give us a paradise of universal coverage of basic needs and free time self enrichment for all, tha

Probably not, or at least not us. If technology was going to give us a paradise of universal coverage of basic needs and free time self enrichment for all, that would have happened on the late 19th or early 20th centuries. Instead, we got 2 world wars and a big economic depression in between. The problem is we are social primates, and the alpha ape cannot afford to let all the beta apes to live in peace singing kumbaya; otherwise, he would not have remained an alpha for much longer. So, even if technology/machines were providing more and more of our needs, bigger and improved ways to enforce artificial scarcity over the low status levels of society were put in practice. And where straightforward coercion failed, artificial needs and wants rose to the task, creating a prison of the mind.