Random tangent, but the craziness around job interviews and hiring is one of the many reasons I think we need Universal Basic Income and Universal Healthcare. I

Random tangent, but the craziness around job interviews and hiring is one of the many reasons I think we need Universal Basic Income and Universal Healthcare. In a world where firing an employee doesn't completely upend their life, I fell like companies would be more willing to take a chance on an interviewee that shows promise but might not hit all their marks. Also, a UBI would make it easier for folks to train up and prep on their own time, which seems to be expected these days. I think our corporate overlords are perfectly fine with the status quo, as the lack of a safety net generally means they get the upper hand in negotiations. But I think from a societal point of view, UBI would result in a more dynamic and competitive business environment by rebalancing the power dynamics between labor and capital. I also think the European socialist countries got it wrong. A strong social safety net should be coupled with looser labor laws (to some degree, I think health and safety regulations should always be strong, among others). But it seems like their strict labor laws have resulted in a stagnation of sorts, causing issues in their economy. We should let companies hire and fire easy, and set their wages as low as they want, but we should also provide enough of of a safety net where people are not forced to take those jobs if they do not want to. That would restore some balance in the economy, and I think it would be a big win from a quality of life perspective as well.