Futurists predict that in the coming decades human labor will cede to automation and m unemployment?

will be the norm. Under such a condition, futurists note that the Governments role will be to ensure consumption by providing a minimum level of standard of living to all citizens. But they contend that the minimum compensation will be variable based on merrit. What criteria of merit should be used to dole out compensation to the laborless (in the traditional sense) mes?