At his Harvard commencement speech, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg called for universal basic income — UBI — as a new social contract during a time of growing inequality and the technological displacement of jobs.
“Every generation expands its definition of equality. Now it’s time for our generation to define a new social contract,” Zuckerberg said. “We should have a society that measures progress not by economic metrics like GDP but by how many of us have a role we find meaningful.”
“We should explore ideas like universal basic income to give everyone a cushion to try new things,” he said.Zuckerberg noted […]
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