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> the main differences being that you have to look for work This is a bad idea in the long term. The whole reason basic income is being seriously looked at is
by gnaritas 13y ago
> the main differences being that you have to look for work
This is a bad idea in the long term. The whole reason basic income is being seriously looked at is because we know automation is eliminating the need for labor and that trend will continue until work simply isn't available for a large percentage of the population. People need to get over the idea that work will be necessary to live or the idea that work is how one contributes to society.
- yetanotherphd 13y agoWe don't know what the full impact of technology would be, so a basic income is premature at best. When you say "People need to get over the idea that work will be necessary to live" you are just insulting people's intelligence. Of course I am aware that if you got paid for doing nothing, then work would no longer be necessary for (an individual) to live. Also, the theory of technological unemployment is that technology will render labor less productive. Basic income might be a kinder and more efficient way to deliver money to people without jobs, but it won't magically make them more productive.
- gnaritas 13y ago> We don't know what the full impact of technology would be, so a basic income is premature at best. Now, maybe, but one need only look at long term unemployment trends to see what's coming. > When you say "People need to get over the idea that work will be necessary to live" you are just insulting people's intelligence. No, you are just choosing to feel insulted. > Basic income might be a kinder and more efficient way to deliver money to people without jobs, but it won't magically make them more productive. It's not supposed to make them more productive, so who cares.