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The automation of this is great and saves time and money. But this highlights the exact problem that Andrew Yang, the Democratic Candidate is highlighting whic
by remote_phone 7y ago
The automation of this is great and saves time and money.
But this highlights the exact problem that Andrew Yang, the Democratic Candidate is highlighting which is: what do we do with people whose jobs are lost to automation and algorithms?
His proposal of universal basic income helps these people who have lost their jobs attempt a soft landing because at least they will have some income.
I used to be against UBI but now I fully understand why we need it, because too many jobs are going to be eliminated, and what do we do with these people who have lost their jobs? They are likely older with lower skills, and retraining programs are statistically an abject failure.
- notahacker 7y agoWe could start by not underestimating human capacity to invent new jobs. Long before algorithms were a thing, automation largely eliminated agricultural and domestic servant jobs that used to employ the vast majority of people And the welfare state wasn't invented by Andrew Yang: only difference is his variant assumes people who are desperate to find work and people that have absolutely no need to or intention of doing anything other than live off their savings or family wealth have exactly the same need for subsidies...