That ' s a very good question . I don ' t know the answer , but I don ' t currently see it as an issue that can ' t work . Also for still a very long time after this comes around there ' ll still be ' work ' that can be done to get ' more '. I ' m hopeful that most of our other resources become a little more like air . Like if instead of farmers on farms you have robots in something like contentuploads 201510 spreadfarm . jpg where the crops are never touched by a human able to produce so much that we don ' t have to charge for it . Once people don ' t have to work just to survive we may see even more interesting progressions . Personally there ' s about 10 different projects I ' d like to try that could improve the world , but I can ' t risk my family not being able to eat for a project that may or may not work . I ' m sure there ' ll be some bumps along the way , but automation is coming either way , so we can either plan for how to live without employment , or just let it happen and see . The second option seems more likely to lead to a revolt .