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Since I like Yang and have Googled him before, Google thinks I should know about every article written about him and keeps prompting me about them as they come
by losvedir 7y ago
Since I like Yang and have Googled him before, Google thinks I should know about every article written about him and keeps prompting me about them as they come up.
This one, like so many lately, all have been hammering me with this idea that Yang is predicting a dystopian horrible future.
On the contrary, I think Yang is fundamentally optimistic about the future and technology. He predicts that we will lose a lot of our current jobs and that we need to put in place a government safety net in the form of UBI, but I don't think he considers it a dystopia.
I'm frustrated by all the editorializing in the headlines that I'm seeing. If all you saw were all these headlines of late, you'd think Yang were some kind of "sky is falling" candidate. But actually I like him because I feel like he has a quite hopeful vision of the country and our future.
- dao- 7y agoAgreed. If we're honest about it, labor sucks for most people. You have to get up early, spend the day doing something you don't really care about, and get home too burnt out to enjoy even the rest of your day. It's absurd to think that liberating people from that labor regime through technology and a new social contract must be dystopian.
- ccvannorman 7y agoI wonder what the source of those articles and the "dystopian" sentiment is. Do people reach these conclusions on their own and go out to feverishly write about it, or are they told to do so by funding/larger agendas who feel the emotional reaction from such headlines will benefit them (in the presidential race)?