Finally, an article that puts basic income into a better view. Jobs aren't going away. The way we think about work will change. There are infinite ways to defin

Finally, an article that puts basic income into a better view. Jobs aren't going away. The way we think about work will change. There are infinite ways to define a job and people will need to adjust. Technology needs to be viewed as a tool for people rather than a replacement for people. Yes, technology has and will have an impact but that does not mean that it will replace people. The notion that automation will wipe out ALL jobs and we are defenseless against its impact is a dangerous one because we become victims and victims tend to give up the fight. The idea of just paying people to stay alive signals of a future where people have given up and are blobs ruled by mindless technology. It doesn't sound like a future I want to live in. Offhand here are a few jobs that will never be taken over by machines. Basic research, knowledge is infinite, we can never know enough. And even when we do think we know, it turns out that we don't have the whole answer. Another, people that deal with ethics and morality, these truths are defined by people of their period. What's moral today will not be moral forever and it's changed from the past. Artists, artists work on items that have an emotional impact on people. Machines have algorithms that can't do that. The list goes on and on. We need to get ready for a future where we will have very powerful technology at hand and to learn how to best use it to move forward. We should not move towards a future where we encourage people to be mindless blobs. The united impact of basic income will be that.