Is the point of technology really to eliminate all work?

At some point, as technology steams ahead, we will have to halt automation in favour of jobs; if not for the benifit of the economy, it will be to give people purpose, meaningful work.  As much as some dream of the day when nobody has to work and machines do it all, is that really any better than being trapped inside The Matrix?  What kind of an empty existence would that be?

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