I don't think unemployment is the problem. Unemployment, to the extent that it's caused by technology rather than dumping our crap jobs on cheap labor forces with no workplace safety laws, is technology living up to the promises we've been making since the industrial revolution of freeing us from drudgery. The problem is what we do with the people we no longer need drudging away, and the fault doesn't lie with the technology.
A good start may be shortening the work week - there's no need for everyone to work 40+ hours when jobs are in short supply. Another idea is guaranteed minimum income, which I think would lead to people engaging more in their communities and working on their own projects.
"Ultimately, technology frees us from one task so we can focus on another. Boudreaux again, “As was true 200 years ago, the falling costs of satisfying some wants (such as those for food and clothing) enable us to turn our attention to satisfying other wants, many of which today were unimaginable to our 19th-century ancestors.”" My professor told us that you can look things other way around: Automation is not destroying jobs, it's just allowing single person to produce more. Maintenance free factory is still a far fetched dream. At some point it's not just "more" as a quantity, we have advanced in complexity too. Than one guy spent years to build a toaster from scratch, imagine how hard it would be to produce a smart-phone without automation? You might think that people doing new stuff would be paid less? What is most important? Food. Are farmers rich? No. Just doing something important matters less and less, being able to replicate it to lots of people matters more and more.