People kept working, became healthier while on basic income: report

Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by bena on Thursday March 05, 2020 @11:46AM (#22495238)

Thank you.

That's the part of automation that no one wants to discuss. What happens when we're like 90% automated and there simply isn't enough jobs for everyone.

Who do we force to work and is that ethical?

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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by c22 on Thursday March 05, 2020 @12:11PM (#22495555)

I don't know who we can force to do the work for us, but if my toilet's backing up, the garbage is overflowing, and my back yard is filled with rotting fruit I guess I'd do those jobs.

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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by I-M-S on Thursday March 05, 2020 @12:00PM (#22495414)

loa_in_ just answered that question for you

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Re:People kept working, became healthier while on basic inco... by bena on Friday March 06, 2020 @10:38AM (#22504375)

No, they didn't.

"Pay more" is meaningless when most of what you want is provided for you. What are you going to use that money for?

For some godawful reason people think near to full automation is going to look exactly like today, but without driving or something.

It's not. It's going to look radically different. It will be unprecedented. It's very naive to believe the current methods of incentives will work for a society that doesn't need them.

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