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Couriers have existed since the beginning of civilization. With many famous examples, like Pheidippides in keeping with the Olympic spirit. It was obviously va
by blfr 2y ago
Couriers have existed since the beginning of civilization. With many famous examples, like Pheidippides in keeping with the Olympic spirit.
It was obviously valuable and workable from the smallest scale possible: a verbal message carried by a runner.
- ttyprintk 2y agoBut the network effect of mass messaging —- is what the article means by unpilotable.
- blfr 2y agoThe network effect of mass messaging was tested at smaller scales many times. Victorian era pneumatic tubes come to mind or unlimited local calls later, but there must be countless other examples that did not require changing the economy as a whole.
- enthulhusiastic 2y agobut is changing the economy as a whole a fair characterization of UBI? That’s a disservice to the existing complexity of modern economies. Valid arguments not downvoted pls
- sokoloff 2y agoI think the overwhelming majority of transactions can be characterized as a trade (of goods for money, services for money, work for money, money for other money (in form or time), etc.) UBI seems quite different in that regard and, while it doesn’t invalidate everything, it introduces a lot more of money for nothing and a corresponding nothing for money trade that is required to fund it.