Uber or UBI: Will Universal Basic Income Give Tech-Displaced Workers a Lift?

Uber or UBI: Will Universal Basic Income Give Tech-Displaced Workers a Lift?

Robot demonstration for a universal basic income (UBI) in Zurich, Switzerland, April 30, 2016. Photo credit: The futures of tech and UBI are intertwined.

I recently had issues with my hybrid randomly shutting down. The third time this happened, I ended up taking a ride with an Uber driver. It turned out he was extremely conservative, and it was a long ride, so I decided to stay away from politically supercharged topics.

I asked him what he thought about Uber’s plan for driverless cars (which go back as far as 2016, if not earlier) and he said that he was […]

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