I'm interested in UBI, though I won't claim enough actual understanding to say wonderful or terrifying. Instead, I think the big deal is that the problem UBI i

I'm interested in UBI, though I won't claim enough actual understanding to say wonderful or terrifying. Instead, I think the big deal is that the problem UBI is being discussed to solve is not otherwise being taken seriously. Low education jobs are becoming lower wage and offering fewer hours, while the growth of high education jobs is not keeping up. America freaked out about miners, but mining declined over 80 years, while jobs like trucking, an order of magnitude larger in terms of workers, are expected to have a much more rapid decline. Perhaps these fears won't come to pass anytime soon. But if we spend 20 years denying the problem instead of considering options, in 20 years we will be no better prepared. Same for any number you drop in. At a minimum, it'd be good to be studying the issue. Even if technological unemployment is temporary or a nonissue, it would be really nice to have evidence to that effect instead of trite dismissal.