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willis936 • yesterday at 10:54 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

The name "universal high income" should be tipping you off to the issue with it. If money has less importance then what tools will individuals have to change their station? How will anyone other than the permanently entrenched rulers affect change? We don't have a good system now, but it seems like we're hell bent on making it even worse.

Edit: UBI being pushed by asset owners is a step towards Blade Runner rather than Star Trek.


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WarmWash • yesterday at 1:42 PM

I cannot envision any future reality where an ASI bows to any human. The only entrenched rulers will be the AI themselves.

Gareth321 • yesterday at 11:09 AM

My naive hope is democracy, so we need to defend it.

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