Yes that is one of the goals of our capitalism in the West. The progress we have made is why people can go to school not just highschool but now college too, whereas in the past that wasn't affordable. Then we have the 40 hour work week, added vacation days through time, retirement age.
Each society and person decides how they want to spend the dividend from automation. Some countries they just work the same amount and buy more stuff than before. The US was on that trend but then we went off it and people are taking more time off now.
As the technology is an exponential process it will accelerate peoples options in the coming years. And it will not be like an all or nothing. Eg.. some people already are Trustafarians who don't have to work, but still choose to. Other people retire early or work less. Yet other people keep working the same hours to afford more things they want. And some people like working their job is also their hobby.
I said back before 2009 that sooner or later the USA would have to go to 0% interest rates and start printing. Then in 2009 we did go to 0% interest rates and started printing $1 trillion a year. By 2020 this was no longer enough and the economy and we upped the game to printing $3 trillion a year(almost $10,000 per American per year).
One of the significant points will be when everyone in America has the option to not work their entire life. And still have the basics of housing, health care, utilities, food, clothing. People said to me that won't work because everyone will just not work.
Then I asked them, so would you quit your job if you got $1,500 a month from the government? They said no way that wouldn't cover remotely all my expenses.
