Maybe we should just reduce the need for white-collar jobs? Since we don't exist in the Metaverse yet, most things that we actually "need" are performed by blue-collar people and almost always involve transporting atoms around.

> propping up highly toxic industries such as commercial real estate, restaurants, oil, and of course car sales and manufacturing

This reminds me of the assertion that inflation is below 2% now, if we exclude food, energy, shelter, and used cars[0]. Life is great, if we don't meet in person to do work, break bread together, and get ourselves around to provide goods and services?

What's left, if you remove the "highly toxic" industries?

[0]: https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1712494317024026761