I really enjoy Steve's view on jobs, but one question remains open:
What about people who are best in let's say engineering? How can a ship engineer provide value directly to others? He can hardly start his own shipyard, so the only reasonable choice seems to join an existing one. Yes, he can change his work, but is he going to provide the same value doing something he isn't that good at? Besides, the humanity still needs ships.
Providing value directly as a single person can work very well if you are an IT or creative person. But it's certainly not possible for everyone to be a blogger or programmer, so I still don't see a solution that could fit to more than 50% of the people. Jobs won't disappear at any time soon so it's either that those people are born to be slaves or just a job is not always that bad?
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