Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driven Truck

Re:Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driv... by sillygoose on Monday May 18, 2015 @10:13PM (#9567838)

> No, they didn't. I was referring to gold and silver being used as tradeable goods, not as currency. There's a difference.

Oh come on. You know they did emerge, as mediums of exchange, which is what money/currency fundamentally is. You're making a meaningless distinction to cover your ass.

> Oh, please. How many people would give up a job to live on $30 a week?

We're talking about a Basic Income, where the idea is to get enough money to live on, right? That most definitely would cause many people to just stop working because they wouldn't need to anymore, even if the BI happened to be too low for you to stop collecting your phat paychecks. You get that, yes?

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Re:Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driv... by phaemon on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @11:28AM (#9570823)

> We're talking about a Basic Income, where the idea is to get enough money to live on, right?

No, I specifically mentioned starting it low and even gave an example amount of $30 per week. Several times. My first post was saying "call it a Citizen's Dividend instead". With the exact reason that it would be good to monitor the effect.

If you're going to refuse to actually think and read then you're not worth my time. Go away and learn something.

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