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Re:Can Universal Basic Income Transform Society? by antisthenes on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @02:22PM (#40988787)
There's been no shortage of navel-gazing techno-optimists throughout recent history, that's for sure.
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Re:Can Universal Basic Income Transform Society? by ryandrake on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @02:32PM (#40988879)
Without navel-gazers, we'd still be farming our feudal lord's land and sending our 4 year old children to work in coal mines. If anything, progress requires navel-gazing, and we need more of it.
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