How Universal Basic Income Will Save Us From the Robot Uprising

io9 ^ | 10/31/14 | George Dvorsky

[Malone LaVeigh]

Robots are poised to eliminate millions of jobs over the coming decades. We have to address the coming epidemic of "technological unemployment" if we're to avoid crippling levels of poverty and societal collapse. Here's how a guaranteed basic income will help — and why it's absolutely inevitable.

[Malone LaVeigh]

It's actually a very simple idea: Everyone in society receives a single basic income to provide for a comfortable living whether they choose to work or not.

Sweet! What could possibly go wrong with that?

[Qiviut]

It’s actually a very simple idea: Everyone in society receives a single basic income to provide for a comfortable living whether they choose to work or not.

Sweet! What could possibly go wrong with that?

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Especially if EVERYONE turns in EVERYTHING they make to the the government & then the government doles out the single basic income to everyone. It’s a great idea - no 1% “rich people” problem, no more food stamps, welfare, if the government has a ‘beef’ with you, they don’t have to sic the IRS on you, just cut off your ‘allowance’ ..... and it goes on and on.

Ecuador is looking better & better.

[mrsmith]

Confiscate the wealth that would be invested in adapting to the change and instead spend it to have people siting around!

It’s genius!

[Bob]

Well, that covers the “to each according to his needs” part. Where does the “from each according to his abilities” part get addressed?

[wny]

Of course the guy’s brain dead. But sadly, his vote counts as much as mine

[RoosterRedux]

The reason robots cannot entirely replace humans is that robots need humans to consume what they produce or else there is no need for said robot.

[tomkat]

             

[Drango]

I for one, welcome our new robot overlords. /s

[norwaypinesavage]

In all of recorded mankind, technology has improved living conditions. Somehow I suspect that trend will continue.

[EBH]

“It is much better to enact a minimum-wage law even if it deprives these unfortunates of work… better that the state should support the inefficient wholly and prevent the multiplication of the breed than subsidize incompetence and unthrift, enabling them to bring forth more of their kind.” - Royal Meeker, U.S. Commissioner of Labor, under Woodrow Wilson

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

You gotta love the left. They will be the first to tell you that Darwinism is fact and then do their damnedest to deny it. Survival of the fittest, hogwash. What is it southerners say, “well bless their hearts”.

[faithhopecharity]

Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious! And the govt will just keep printing money every day forever. And we all live happily thereafter. Yippeeeee!

[DJ MacWoW]

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[Dutch Boy]

Sounds like that company in Atlas Shrugged. That turned out well.

Why are the lefties against natural selection in economic evolution? Why is biologic evolution worshipped but economic evolution ignored?

[VRW Conspirator]

Science fiction meets liberal utopia.

In a fantastic world of super capable robots, there might be some truth to acquiring wealth at a rapid rate. More like plantations of the old, old South.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I guess the robots will cheerfully pay their taxes.

[Mygirlsmom]

I better get a robot pony out of this deal or I'm against it.

Seriously, though....the comments section are full of - "Hey, let's do it!" morons. I am very concerned for my childrens' future.

[x1stcav]

I have a simple solution: .308 API!

[C210N]

Everyone in society receives a single basic income

This can't work.

Not until a robot can save me the trip from the couch to the mailbox to get the check, and return to me on the couch... with a short stop at the fridge to pickup beer.

[antidisestablishment]

Bump for bookmark. Damned shame schools don’t teach history anymore.