"Uber plans to do away with human cab drivers. It would be easy for a non-plutocratic government to prohibit this, and that's what every country ought to do, un

"Uber plans to do away with human cab drivers. It would be easy for a non-plutocratic government to prohibit this, and that's what every country ought to do, unless/until every person gets an adequate basic income so people don't need to be employed." To me this point is extremely valid, call it progress if you like, but to me this is just going to screw a lot of people over for the benefit of a few. Especially since big tech companies don't seem to like paying tax to help with matters of welfare. Also, taxi drivers aren't always perfect but I've seen them do more than robotically take people from A to B. There can be other value provided by human interaction.