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If only everyone had the luxury of time. Universal basic income FTW.
by conwy 9y ago
If only everyone had the luxury of time. Universal basic income FTW.
- eric_b 9y agoSomeone still has to plant, grow and harvest the crops to make the food you eat. Someone still has to ensure the sewers work, the garbage is picked up etc. Most necessary jobs will not be done by robots for decades if ever. And they certainly wouldn't be done by humans for "funzies" until then. In a fantasy world of perfect human virtue perhaps basic income will work, or maybe once Skynet becomes self aware. But it's a pipe dream on any kind of meaningful scale.
- Frondo 9y agoWe could still pay people to do those jobs. We just might have to pay more for less desirable jobs, instead of what we seem to have now--the worst jobs are also the worst paid.
- jeffreyrogers 9y agoI don't think most people would know what to do without work. It'd probably be worse for their mental health than working a bad job.
- simonsarris 9y agoUBI could make such social problems better, but I think it will probably make them worse: https://medium.com/@simon.sarris/after-universal-basic-income-the-flood-217db9889c07 https://medium.com/@simon.sarris/after-universal-basic-incom...