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First, the easiest one: Silicon is never going to be serviceable or upgradeable. That's not how it works.
There's no chance of all that happening out of good will. Look up what goes into making a Fab (Intel has some tour videos).
These aren't the things that people "with the skills" show up for. It takes a lifetime of studying for some of the layers of these topics, not to mention collaboration between the others (or even finding them, if only the hospitals and emergency services would have access to computers, and therefore professional networking and email).
There are some truly awful jobs on this planet. Look up how sulfur is collected. People literally climb into volcanos to chip it off the walls and carry up sometimes 200lbs on their backs. One trip on that pumice and you're toast.
People need incentives, and with no money, there would be a power vacuum...for another kind of money. I'm not saying capitalism is great or anything, don't get me wrong. But you can't just get rid of money.
Incentive is social praise, respect of your neighbors and personal fulfillment knowing you have a needed skill. When all you're other needs are met, it could be enough.
I think the main problem here is that a few in this that are thinking 1:1 replacement - I'm not saying the Apple store is going to be fully functional, I'm saying I've known and worked with a lot of great engineers that like to solve problems, almost compulsively. If society made sure "the rest was taken care of" so they could do what they did best, they'd put in solid work week each week, help train others, etc.
Also, too many of you are caught up on the 40 hour work week. It's not needed and in a better structure you'd work less often. I'm realistic, the world won't get there on my lifetime or maybe ever, but it could work.
This whole detailed dive into silicon aspect specifically is a strawman though, that's not the point of the discussion.