If we progress to a point when traditional employment is not required, people will need to find motivation for other activities.
Thanks for the comment @phelimint.
I am in the camp that this is not an if but a when. Traditional employment faces some serious headwinds including the pace that automation is starting to penetrate. That is something which is difficult to overcome. Corporations are already operating with less people in the past. At the same time, the people who are employed are not being given more money. In short, Wall Street is the major one who benefits...at the expense of all else.
Even the idea of creating meaningless jobs just so people have a place to work is being eliminated. Corporations are automating out the low end dead end jobs because even at minimum wage, it is cheaper to automate.