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The Real Story of Automation Beginning with One Simple Chart
Robots are hiding in plain sight. It’s time we stop ignoring them. There’s a chart I came across in 2017, and not only does it tell an extremely important story about automation, but it also tells a story about the state of the automation discussion itself. It even
It’s Time to Shift the Economy into Fourth Gear Capitalism with Univeral Basic Income
The economy is in between gears right now, and that’s a growing problem because as is true with all higher gears, we could be accomplishing so much more with so much less and prosperity could be greatly increased for not only the lucky few, but everyone. What do I
How to Reform Welfare and Taxes to Provide Every American Citizen with a Basic Income
A detailed funding plan for cross-partisan implementation of universal basic income in the United States Some of the most common questions ever asked in regards to the idea of a universal basic income (UBI) [https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/why-we-should-all-have-a-basic-income] are in regards to the details. “How much
Cutting the Gordian Knot of Technological Unemployment with Unconditional Basic Income
Invisible Sheep, the Missing Right, and the Return of Common Wealth The following essay is a pre-edited and updated version of my chapter published in the book: Surviving the Machine Age [https://amzn.to/3sPQG5k], published by Palgrave Macmillan. In the opening of the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, viewers
What if you got $1,000 a month, just for being alive? I decided to find out.
My father has a basic income. As a retired United States Air Force officer, he has received a paycheck from the US government every month for about 30 years now, since he was 42 years old. His government pension is a monthly starting point above the poverty line — an income
Love, Loss, and a Greater Society
On February 4th, I lost one of my closest friends I’ve ever had. Because I’ve always worked at home, we were together virtually 24 hours a day for almost 13 years. He felt like a part of me. His name was Stormy Waters and he was my dog.
Why We Should All Have a Basic Income
Consider for a moment that from this day forward, on the first day of every month, around $1,000 is deposited into your bank account — because you are a citizen. This income is independent of every other source of income and guarantees you a monthly starting salary above the poverty
In the 21st century, all roads appear to lead to universal basic income
The idea of unconditionally providing all citizens an income floor sufficient for existence — a basic income [https://medium.com/basic-income] — looks to be at the intersection of an unstoppable congruence of events involving accelerating automation, growing inequality, the fragmentation of work, and the rise of the sharing economy. First, automation
Universal Basic Income Will Accelerate Innovation by Reducing Our Fear of Failure
Almost two centuries ago an idea was born with such explanatory power that it created shock waves across all of human society and whose aftershocks we’re still feeling to this day. It’s so simple and yet so powerful, that after all these years, it remains capable of making
True Freedom Comes With Universal Basic Income
> “I can’t not do this, because I need the money…” — The thought underlying all exploitation which can be eliminated with one BIG idea I attended a national economic conference [https://medium.com/basic-income/notes-of-discussions-in-the-north-american-basic-income-guarantee-congress-of-2015-56607ceb9362] in New York in 2015, and in one of the presentations, the speaker presented
