[dfwgator]

From my perspective, automation may increase the "quality of life" for many, but removing human beings from direct production increases the speed of moral decay, and decreases the capacity for applying practical knowledge (common sense) within society.

Idle hands are the Devil's Playground.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Sometimes people remain idle because of too-rigid preconceptions of what things people can gainfully be pursuing. They idolize a job or an industry. In particular, a faith in God can help one think outside the box.