It's not at clear that all Software is a net good for society; look at all the people addicted to Candy Crush and Loot Boxes, people's unwittingly sharing embar

It's not at clear that all Software is a net good for society; look at all the people addicted to Candy Crush and Loot Boxes, people's unwittingly sharing embarrassing photos because of Facebook/Google anti-patterns, and malware being spread through ad networks. I suspect the market has over-valued the outputs of computer science, and while that remains true, then software companies have as much as duty as, say, oil companies or banks to "give back to the community" to offset the negative externalities of their work. Put another way: If we find a way to run a fully-automatic people-less farm, that doesn't mean that farmers deserve to become destitute. In my opinion, we should be compensating farmers for their service up until now (maybe, like a pension) and then giving them the freedom to reallocate their time to the benefit of society as they see fit (which might mean taking vacations or it might mean starting a startup).