> But naturally arising UBI? Where people have jobs, feel purpose, contribute to something larger than themselves even if that contribution is mostly fictional?

> But naturally arising UBI? Where people have jobs, feel purpose, contribute to something larger than themselves even if that contribution is mostly fictional? That's genius. That's a system that preserves human dignity while distributing resources. > The real question isn't when AGI will arrive or how we'll implement UBI. It's how long we can maintain the beautiful fiction that keeps society functioning. I don't know what the author's experience is, but based on actual research about people's work satisfaction, and particularly David Graeber's work written up in Bullshit Jobs [0], most of these jobs have been psychologically bad for people, who know that what they do most of their waking hours has no (or even negative) utility to society. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs