When a machine does the work — as Rabbi Landau teaches it
By Rabbi Shalom Landau.
Rabbi Landau teaches that A craft that took twenty years can now be done by a machine in seconds. Rabbi Landau teaches that the loss is not only the job. It is the identity of being useful because you knew what to do. The question shifts from how to make money to who still needs you. A person needs a part of life that still belongs to them. Machines can produce more. They cannot be a father, or care, or show up.
Source verses
כִּי אֵין טוֹב מֵאֲשֶׁר יִשְׂמַח הָאָדָם בְּמַעֲשָׂיו
כִּי הוּא חֶלְקוֹ
כל העולם נברא בשבילי ואני לא נבראתי אלא לשמש את קוני
Quoted from the captions of the teachings below.
The takeaway
You were never your output. As the world needs your output less, it needs your presence more.