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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by vslira on Thursday March 05, 2020 @11:14AM (#22494811)
> the harder everyone else must work to compensate

I really don't want to get into this argument but supposedly productivity gains from automation/AI should make those who keep working work proportionally less to compensate non-workers.

Why I don't want to get into this argument: there's no conclusive view about UBI + automation yet, so it's all speculation

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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by ativzzz on Thursday March 05, 2020 @11:36AM (#22495096)
"The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy."

Or adapting to productivity gains, the productivity required is increasing to meet the needs of increasingly productive people.

So taking into account human nature might mean that productivity gains enable us to do more advanced work, not to work less. But like you said, we're all just speculating.

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