5 ms·
This isn't supposed to be implemented now: these are all pilot studies to see if - in the future - UBI makes sense. We don't yet know whether automation will re
by platelminto 8y ago
This isn't supposed to be implemented now: these are all pilot studies to see if - in the future - UBI makes sense. We don't yet know whether automation will replace most jobs (I'm of the opinion that it will), but if it does, spending all that money on making sure everyone can buy their food and pay rent becomes worth it. Right now, funding the things you listed does seem to make more sense, but this will change if the job market starts getting smaller and smaller.
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- philwelch 8y ago“Automation replacing most jobs” sounds so romantic. You’re describing a future where the majority of people are absolutely useless, and yet the minority of useful and productive intelligences (either human or machine) decide to keep them around anyway out of the same motivations that lead us to put lions and tigers in zoos and toss uncooked steaks into their pens every so often. Nah, it’s better to die on the savannah than live in a cage.