yes! automation will reduce the number of jobs over the next 15 years or so. in the past labour saving tech has changed the nature of jobs but increased the number. a limit however has now been reached. a minimal basic income will be needed but it need not disincentivise people: rather it will unleash creativity. when welfare is attached to onerous conditions and has a punitive character, even though capitalaism needs a 'reserver army of labour', then the government is making serfs / slaves of people. [the case in the UK at present.] they do this anyway through money [see antonopoulos on this matter on youtube]. a cashless society which still has banks under the current style of regulation will be a society of total surveillance and we are heading fast towards it. a universally accepted crypto-currency which functions efficiently has the power to over come this. a universal basic income in a people's crypto will have value if it is used for exchange.