When talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.

JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee · 10 months ago

When talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.

ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 10 months ago

Eventually humans won’t be capable of performing any valuable economic activity, but in the past those who weren’t capable of performing valuable economic activity usually ended up as starving beggars rather than pampered pets… I think that a future of robots working for robots with humans struggling to survive on the periphery is not unlikely.

gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de · 10 months ago

Maybe, but there’s also a good chance that the future doesn’t compare to the past, and stuff will go well. We should definitely consider that option.