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> hopefully the world gets basic income and then a full leisure society sorted out Your job is gone? Here just have money. Dignity? Oh no see you don't need t
by serge2k 10y ago
> hopefully the world gets basic income and then a full leisure society sorted out
Your job is gone? Here just have money.
Dignity? Oh no see you don't need that. Just have money. What will you do all day in a world where people derive a lot of purpose from jobs and your basic income isn't enough to just do what you want? ummm... we could legalize pot.
- thomyorkie 10y agoI'm a huge believer in the power of the individual, and under today's conditions I wouldn't support a universal basic income. But in a possible future where AI is sufficiently advanced to handle the majority of 'jobs' and where corporations dont employ people at the scale they do today, I would support a universal basic income. What would your solution be?
- a_t48 10y agoYou think working two fast food jobs just to live is dignified?
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- JulianMorrison 10y agoDignity? So you think economic coercion and slavery-with-a-choice-of-masters (or the non-choice of none, and starvation) is somehow dignified? A leisure society is being able to do your vocation. It's about hackers being able to hack without needing a "day job" and without trying to squeeze what you want to do into the leftover energy after spending your day on makework.