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RE: Without Basic Income, the 21st Century Labor Market is a Game of Musical Chairs Over Hot Coals

in #basicincome • 7 years ago

For sure, automation will take over more and more types of work. Whenever people start preaching me the "Oh, there will always be jobs, they'll just be different" routine, I always point them at this 15-minute documentary... which tends to have a sobering effect:

I was born and raised in Denmark-- now live in the US. My observation on UBI is that it needs to offer a "safety net;" the knowledge that if you DO lose your job, it doesn't mean immediate destitution. No "welfare Cadillacs," in other words...

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    CGP Grey did such a great job with this video, and I know that so many people found the idea of basic income and came to support it because of this one video, even though he never even mentioned it. Fun fact: he didn't mention it on purpose, because of solution aversion, where people will refuse to believe a problem exists, if the answer appears to conflict with their political views.

    A new study from Duke University finds that people will evaluate scientific evidence based on whether they view its policy implications as politically desirable. If they don't, then they tend to deny the problem even exists.“Logically, the proposed solution to a problem, such as an increase in government regulation or an extension of the free market, should not influence one’s belief in the problem. However, we find it does,” said co-author Troy Campbell, a Ph.D. candidate at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. “The cure can be more immediately threatening than the problem.”

    At the time, I was disappointed he didn't mention UBI in the video as a solution, but I think he did the right thing by just focusing on the problem, which really shouldn't be a problem at all. Automation should not be seen as a problem. Machines working for us is the entire point. The problem arises elsewhere, in our requirement for money to survive, and jobs for money.

    By the way, in case you missed it, this is a newer video by Kurzgesagt to share with people that also is quite good:

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    I'm a big fan of kurtzgesagt as well :) They focus on facts in a very efficient way.
    Sorry for going off-topic, this one is my favorite

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