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Re:India floats the idea of a universal basic income by taneq on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @09:42PM (#13595221)
There's also the factor of those jobs being more effectively performed by humans than by machines.
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Re:India floats the idea of a universal basic income by tn13 on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @03:43AM (#13596811)
That is a good outcome. If machines are good at a job that means human capital can be diverted to something more better and important.
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