Yes, but it is not necessary a good thing, as it may cause unemployment. People like to do things, and even for many unpleasant things there are people who like to do them. For example, I knew a bus driver, who had a severe depression after retirement, which finished only after he started making pictures.
Most people seem to need something to do to avoid boredom and potentially outright depression. However, it is far from clear that work as we know it (which is optimized for our current production needs, and in no way for the benefit of the workers as such) is the best way to solve this problem. There is likely a need to develop other things for people to do alongside alleviating the need for work, but simply saying “unemployment is bad” would seem to miss that there may be better options than either conventional work or idleness.
Yes, but it is not necessary a good thing, as it may cause unemployment. People like to do things, and even for many unpleasant things there are people who like to do them. For example, I knew a bus driver, who had a severe depression after retirement, which finished only after he started making pictures.
Most people seem to need something to do to avoid boredom and potentially outright depression. However, it is far from clear that work as we know it (which is optimized for our current production needs, and in no way for the benefit of the workers as such) is the best way to solve this problem. There is likely a need to develop other things for people to do alongside alleviating the need for work, but simply saying “unemployment is bad” would seem to miss that there may be better options than either conventional work or idleness.