This article's criticism of the "Automation Argument" is correct. There's nothing fundamentally new happening. Basic income can be justified as a Keynesian fis

This article's criticism of the "Automation Argument" is correct. There's nothing fundamentally new happening. Basic income can be justified as a Keynesian fiscal stimulus policy. I would argue that basic income is the "most fair" means of fiscal stimulus: why let the government decide how to spend fiscal stimulus? Distribute it equally among the people, let them decide.