> he's facing prospects of no job instead of an easy one.
Everyone is. He is not an exception - every office worker, every lawyer, even every artist is every day one step closer to obsolescence to automation. He might just be really smart and realize the sooner we get there, and the sooner we work out the paradigm shift it requires to approach post scarcity like that, the sooner we either reach the end of free society or enter an era of utopia, and either would be better than stagnating on the brink.
Everyone is. He is not an exception - every office worker, every lawyer, even every artist is every day one step closer to obsolescence to automation. He might just be really smart and realize the sooner we get there, and the sooner we work out the paradigm shift it requires to approach post scarcity like that, the sooner we either reach the end of free society or enter an era of utopia, and either would be better than stagnating on the brink.