I'm surprised by how many people would continue to work! But then again, the GameFAQs demographic is a bit older (and understand the importance of having something to do). I'm thinking younger generations would not want to (while maybe having no work experience at all).
Also, be nice everyone! I just want to know if you would work or not. It's a hypothetical scenario. :D
Im not surprised by the results, UBI isnt really supposed to be a replacement for traditional employment, its more about providing some financial relief and boosting the economy
Its also notable that historically civilizations make great strides when people have the option to have more idle time for more free and expressive thoughts
Really? Because the way Dark was talking about it in the other topic made it seem like it was going to replace regular employment. He said we wouldn't work, but would get UBI to live off of... Which sounds like more than providing some financial relief...
Its universal basic income
The whole idea is that its something there to just barely help people get by, not enough to actually live off of for most people. Its more to help people deal with things like childcare and unplanned expenses or give people enough financial relief to have more freedom when it comes to their employment choices since they wouldnt feel quite as threatened by the prospect of suddenly losing a job.
I know what it stands for. But he was acting like it was going to be our actual income. You guys are calling two different hings the same thing. You're talking about Yang's VATs as UBI. But he was making it seem like UBI was going to be how we lived once the AIs run everything...
There could be some truth to that for some people but that would be far in the future and only if there came a point where most production, manufacturing, and transportation was handled by automation. Realistically though there is gonna be reasons for people who want to work to keep working for the foreseeable future.
The problem is what you said earlier, though. You can't just tell a trucker to learn code. The people who want to work so they aren't living a basic, boring life might not be able to due to not knowing how to do certain tasks... ---
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