Ryan Avent is right to warn that we may be heading towards a world without work (Journal, 19 September). A world without work is coming – it could be utopia or it could be hell | Ryan Avent Read moreNow the machines are replicating and even improving on our cognitive abilities. Calum ChaceAuthor of The Economic Singularity• A new economic model is necessary to address the impact of reducing job prospects. For many, identity is too much a function of work, and shedding routine and status is painful, although profoundly therapeutic. If freedom from paid work is the future, we may need concepts of the state and its relationship with wealth creation that will make Corbynista policies look like the Conservative party manifesto.

Source: The Guardian September 25, 2016 18:56 UTC