The prospect of automation and technology decimating the human labor market has been “death rattling” for decades. It doesn’t have to be apocalyptic though.
We’ve debated, several times, on this show about the efficacy of Universal Basic Income ( UBI ) programs.
In a nutshell, citizens in a given jurisdiction would receive no-strings-attached monthly stipends. That’s pretty much where the agreeing about UBI stops.The disagreeing comes from who gets it, how much, who pays for it and so on. Drew Curtis (founder of Fark.com ) and Jason Calacanis (angel investor) have argued that it’s a necessary solution to a slow-moving trainwreck […]
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