9. "universal basic income is mando otherwise we're headed for mad max" In response to In response to 8
which is why all of silicon valley is campaigning for UBI already.
they know automation is going to make most people unemployed sooner than later. and they know they can't stay billionaires if there's riots in the streets and nobody alive to buy their goods and services.
and it ain't even about US jobs. automation is gonna destabilize places like China and India and the developing world before it hits us. it's a global issue, to the point where the idea of a Civil War here is small potatoes.
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