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You think UBI will reduce the attention economy? We already ran that natural experiment. COVID. Screen time exploded. You're gonna need a lot more social media

• AnthonyMouse 1y ago
  You think COVID was a relevant experiment for that? Sure, if you close every physical gathering place then people spend more time on computers, but what does that have to do with a UBI? Meanwhile the reason that people become nurses instead of social media managers is that nurses are paid more than social media managers and simultaneously attract people who want to feel like they're doing something meaningful instead of something useless, both of which would continue to be the case.
  • pj_mukh 1y ago
    I'm sorry but if I have to convince you that the last 15 years have been a serious continuous backsliding of physical connection and physical spaces towards online spaces and algorithmic feed, this is not a fruitful conversation. This is obvious to me from all the data. It's also obvious to me, that anytime any worker feels financially comfortable to stay home, a huge chunk of them will inevitably be hijacked by algorithmic feeds. Everything else is just some version of "pick yourself up by the bootstraps". I am expecting Social Media Managers to be paid hand over foot to handle this transition even though they might find other work more meaningful (much like Real Estate Agents now, who would rather be doing something else, but the money is too good). These are not reasons not to do UBI, but if there is economic devastation after, you can expect a quick reversal and a generation-wide flopping of the idea. So might as well fix these underlying issues as you do UBI.