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Re:The End of Starsky Robotics by Ericson2314 on Thursday March 19, 2020 @10:12PM (#22633892)
Why we need to shrink the labor pool. Better to think UBI enables automation than it saves us from automation.
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Re:The End of Starsky Robotics by stefan8r on Thursday March 19, 2020 @10:48PM (#22634132)
I haven't heard that thought before, but it's an interesting one.

Probably won't help with any of those folks opposed to UBI because "people get meaning from work." Proponents of that view must know a hidden trove of self-actualized retail workers.

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Re:The End of Starsky Robotics by jameslevy on Friday March 20, 2020 @02:16AM (#22635406)
It's best to assume that as a rule, people don't get meaning from work that can easily (if not inexpensively) be done by a robot.
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