This is a non-problem. One person can now do the job of a hundred but we have more people than ever before. Increasing automation is only going to make this trend worse. It is unfortunate that most politicians continue to peddle an outdated idea of social worth and well-being.
I don't have a solution but then again most of these young people are far better off than the generation before them so maybe they should stop being so gloomy. Most of them have pretty much free access to all of life's necessities and they are going to live longer than any generation before them.
>these young people are far better off than the generation before
Which generation are you thinking of? That doesn't ring true. Things started going sideways for my generation (generation X) and then globalization happened and now automation is happening. Tech has made things better for a small subset of workers, but not everyone is suited to tech work. Globalization and automation are significant changes.
A life of comfortable idleness is not a very good one. They can develop hobbies, but it's hard in a work dominated culture to derive sufficient meaning and pride from that.
I don't think that's true. The key is to approach something, whatever it is, with focus and discipline. I've never met a person that satisfied that criteria that I didn't like. My thinking is very unexceptional in this regard.
On the other hand, feeling that global market forces and dynamics should just turn around and succumb to your desire for a job just so you won't be depressed seems quite silly to me.
Governments can change the dynamics of global market forces (tariffs are a good example of this). I don't think it's silly to lobby your government to change things to benefit you and other citizens.
I don't have a solution but then again most of these young people are far better off than the generation before them so maybe they should stop being so gloomy. Most of them have pretty much free access to all of life's necessities and they are going to live longer than any generation before them.