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I really wonder what a society would look like if people didn't have to work to ensure a decent lifestyle (shelter, health, food). I'm thinking that in adult minds there's a psychological need to relate to others that is filled partway by working together and also a need not to have complete freedom about how you spend your existence (paradox of choice). And that when people say they'd love not to work, they mean they'd prefer to balance work ROI differently.



An 'arts, sports, and leisure' society. More people playing video games (the industrialized world is excellent at creating cheap entertainment - we could create WoWs and Candy Crushes forever); playing sports; exercising; socializing; nature walks/hiking/hanging around in parks; learning for learning's sake (with cheap books, MOOCs, etc. you could essentially do self-directed academia for life); amateur science/wilderness exploration; art and music creation; lots of recreational drug use, and eventually, wireheading or its equivalent (top-notch VR would probably get us pretty far down that road, anyway.)


You don't have to wonder. Take a look at any public housing development where the majority of residents depend on some form of public assistance.


Generally that public assistance comes with conditions that require you to remain non-productive if you want to keep having your needs provided for.

That's not at all the same thing.


I think it's irrelevant, these are minorities, and not first-class lifestyle or culture (not working is frowned upon).




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