Universal basic income ( Special report, last week ) sounds very good. Indeed, with growing automation in the workplace, measures are needed to prevent the job market from imploding. However, I would like to tell you about a surreal conversation I had recently with some friends.
We were discussing UBI and I asked my friends what productive things they would do with the increased freedom it would give them.
One said that he would use the time to restore classic cars and another expressed an interest in knitting and clothing design.For me, this is proof of the madness of modern society: […]
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