For young people in their first job, knowledge workers passionate about the subject, lifestyle founders, and others... work is seen as play. It's part of who they are and what they do.
Those who need to work (a lot of us) are those who don't have someone paying their bills and don't have an easy/fun/passive way of getting money, like a lifestyle business, fun job, fame, or inheritance.
So is work necessary? Probably not. But hobbies, creativity, production, and innovation will probably always exist because it's what people do naturally. I think there's a system in which everyone is having a better time overall, where we wouldn't call it work. But we're not there yet - we're still in a post-feudal system and will continue to see leftovers of that for some time which affects a lot of people and makes their lives unnecessarily difficult.
Those who need to work (a lot of us) are those who don't have someone paying their bills and don't have an easy/fun/passive way of getting money, like a lifestyle business, fun job, fame, or inheritance.
So is work necessary? Probably not. But hobbies, creativity, production, and innovation will probably always exist because it's what people do naturally. I think there's a system in which everyone is having a better time overall, where we wouldn't call it work. But we're not there yet - we're still in a post-feudal system and will continue to see leftovers of that for some time which affects a lot of people and makes their lives unnecessarily difficult.