This Is How We’ll Live When the Government Gives Us All a Basic Income

This Is How We'll Live When the Government Gives Us All a Basic Income

Photo illustration by Lia Kantrowitz Imagine, for a moment, that the robots have won.

The year is 2049—the same year researchers once pegged as the one in which A.I. would become smart enough to pen a bestselling book more adeptly than a human author could. Technological advancements have upended the transportation, manufacturing and retail sectors, rendering nearly half of the U.S. jobs that existed in the year 2020 obsolete.

You’ve just had a surgery—a relatively minor, outpatient procedure performed by a surgical robot —and now you’re on your way to the pharmacy to fill a prescription for the pain. The car […]

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