I totally agree with this… the concept has been around for some time now, think its mentioned in the zeitgeist movies… robots and AI will replace a massive chunk of society… the very first app on the blockchain has bypassed the need of an entire banking industry… lets face it, eventually we’ll all be out of a job… if not us, the next generations will…
I think either UBI or an equivalent is certainly going to happen at some point or we’ll have the hunger games scenario… that article nailed it for me saying “UBI would be a promise of equal opportunity, not equal outcome, a new starting line set above the poverty line.”… that line sums it up nicely…
Now… what do you do with all your free time?… you can still earn more and buy that dream Lamborghini… or you can for the first time ever freely explore that creative half of your brain that’s been suppressed for generations… its crazy boom time baby Yeahhhh!… bring on the singularity
It’s like we live in a game of Monopoly but we’re no longer collecting money for passing Go. A universal basic income would correct this, writes Scott Santens.