There’s been a lot of talk about robots taking jobs and recently I saw something implying that people may be dying prematurely because of the perception of not enough work.
While the robots taking jobs is definitely happening (and it’s not all a bad thing). I’m not sure there is enough data for the second point.
Regardless, these two points and many other factors contribute to the idea that the time might be right for a Universal Basic Income (UBI) A Basic Income was proposed by Thomas Paine over 200 years ago. A “basic income” is an income unconditionally granted to […]
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