One of the most interesting issues to arise in the course of the “comment-athon” on my post “The Golden Calf” was the suggestion that the link between money and work is broken, and indeed that there is no longer a reliable link between “earning” and working. This is a logical consequence of two things: firstly, increased automation of production means the number of people needed to produce enough goods to meet people’s basic needs is declining; secondly, an increasing number of people do considerable amounts of pro bono” work that is directly beneficial to society.
via The changing nature of work.
