The small number of technologists who increasingly control the planet’s wealth and political and social agenda are, it seems, big supporters of UBI. Elon Musk is at the forefront of this push. And why wouldn’t he be? His vision is a future of unbounding economic growth, in which the work of humans is almost completely replaced by robots, leaving us all …
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UBI and the tech bros
Elon Musk is amongst those advocating a Universal Basic Income. He realises his vision of the future is not compatible with today's capitalism, so he wants to have his cake and eat it.
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