I've also become cynical in this regard - "better in the long run" often means that entire generations of people will suffer, which is a huge societal impact in

I've also become cynical in this regard - "better in the long run" often means that entire generations of people will suffer, which is a huge societal impact in the end. It's even scarier when you consider this new industrial revolution will need even fewer people, which means wealth will be redistributed even less, and will probably bias those who already have access to capital to fund such ventures. More and more I'm convinced that we owe it to ourselves to provide a safety net for every person that allows them to live a decent life without worry for basic needs - UBI or otherwise. Here's an article about that idea from the POV of startups, though I think it's more generally just a moral thing we should do: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/02/the-entrepreneur-state-safety-nets-for-startups-capitalism-for-corporations/253211/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/02/the-ent...