>> My understanding and interpretation of all the recorded human history I have read is that the desires for a better will never be sated. Going to a world in which there is no scarcity means arbitarily drawing a line under 'what is necessary' - any rational observer would say that line has long since passed in many societies - but people don't want to stop at that line. The only way to make that happen is to coerce people to stop at a level of particular of consumption, and that is something I want no part of.
Even if assumed to be true, this is only partially relevant. What matters relative to employment is to what extent people are required to deliver the goods & services people may want.
It is hardly impossible to imagine technological innovation progressing to the point at which it becomes both cheaper and more effective to disregard human labor as an essential component in the production of goods and delivery of services.
In other words, demand is irrelevant if it can be satisfied without, or with minimum, human labor on the supply side.
Even if assumed to be true, this is only partially relevant. What matters relative to employment is to what extent people are required to deliver the goods & services people may want.
It is hardly impossible to imagine technological innovation progressing to the point at which it becomes both cheaper and more effective to disregard human labor as an essential component in the production of goods and delivery of services.
In other words, demand is irrelevant if it can be satisfied without, or with minimum, human labor on the supply side.