Technology and the nature of employment. One of the great themes of science fiction! When technology does everything will society demand we do something, or will we demand society gives us something to do? 24/7 leisure won’t satisfy most.

It’s very hard to measure people who sit around on deck chairs all day. Alternatively, the meaning of the task is more than the task itself.

This reminds me of another sci fi short story I read a long time ago, with a slightly darker atmosphere, which I always “enjoy”. There something strangely evocative about an LED flashing in the darkness. Great stuff, might have to roll this and that into a Spirit of Sci Fi episode!