What If Andrew Yang Was Right?

Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? by buzzkillington on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @04:07AM (#22602765)

Yes, so the only way to increase profits is to increase automation. A much better use of human brains then using them to flip burgers.

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Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? by manigandham on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @04:47AM (#22602967)

So automate away all the jobs? What are people supposed to do then?

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Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? by buzzkillington on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @05:29AM (#22603174)

The sewers have put all the nightsoil men out business, yet I say society is better for automated toilets.

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Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? by manigandham on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @06:46AM (#22603608)

It remains to be seen whether we will really have enough "creative" work for people to do.

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Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? by SuoDuanDao on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @07:33AM (#22603829)

Live humbly on UBI, grow vegetables in your yard and invent a better method of automation in your garage. If you succeed at the latter, who knows? To me the point of UBI+Automation is that we unlock the potential of more people following a muse without needing to spend too much time surviving.

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Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? by fnenrjfkdke on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @07:23AM (#22603770)

Enjoy themselves.

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Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? by pshc on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @08:14AM (#22604113)

Latte art and craft brewing.

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Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? by Intermernet on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @08:56AM (#22604416)

Funnily enough, Australia employs more barristas than coal miners, but the coal mining sector gets more government subsidies than the latte industry.

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