Perhaps with the excitement of 3d printing, the clarity of global food waste, the brazen exploitation of working people, and the recent massive crises of capitalism, people are more receptive to the idea. But it's not a new idea, nor even a new way of speaking about the idea. A post-work society is one of the primary goals of radical leftists. If you're seeing more frequent discussion on the subject, especially on Hubski, I suspect it's mostly due to the filter bubble that Hubski is so good at cultivating.
That's probably true. I know it's been a common theme for a long time and it was just striking to me that I felt like I've seen this conversation crop up many more times in the last month on Hubski and the last year in general than ever before. It could also just be that I'm more aware of it and paying attention to the idea. I guess what I should really say isn't that I'm hearing more about the idea but more acceptance of the idea. It's easier to see it come up as a mainstream conversation rather than some kind of radical leftist fantasy. Unless we are fostering the radical leftist conversation, I suppose.