Biggerboat1 on 12 March 2019
| NightlyPoe said: Universal Basic Income is something to consider in the future as human labor becomes more and more inefficient (as a possible means of side-stepping the paradox of a world of high efficiency/low cost industries bringing about widespread poverty), but not today while we live in a country with under 4% unemployment. |
Coincidentally I just listened to this guy on the Joe Rogan podcast. He contends that it's widely accepted that 25 - 30% of jobs will be lost to automation by 2030, which really isn't that far away...
Massive policy change / legislation takes time so I think it's important that we start discussing serious solutions now, whether that be UBI or something else...
