Yep.
Think about the payout for staking Hive. There is the inflation adjustment, now at about 3%. Then there is curation. Finally, there is the speculation aspect to the price of the coin.
All of this means people can amass more Hive by staking it, and see the value of it also appreciate.
This becomes a new form of income. It is no limited to just the base layer. We could see similar things on layer 2.
Right on.
Hence, it seems like a simple alternative if labor income starts to dry up due to technological innovation.