How we've avoided rampant unemployment

We've heard repeatedly over the years that technology will throw many, if not most, of us out of work. What's actually happening is that, as our economy became super-productive, we began inventing things for people to do. For money. Look at the scientists as an example. Presumably the following are being paid, and likely by taxpayers.

• Caged monkey brain horror as US federal government 'spend $100m on experiments
• 'Study reveals link between income inequality and French kissing
• Scientists Have Created Bionic Jellyfish And Successfully Controlled Their Movements
• Methane emitted by humans vastly underestimated, researchers find
• Scientists finally figure out how millipedes actually do it
• More Than 1,500 Bee Dance Moves Decoded by Scientists

Daddy, what do you do for a living? Honey, I decode bee dance moves. Daddy, I want to be like you when I grow up.

~ Natheless