The Pitfalls of UBI for Humanity
Could UBI (Universal Basic Income) create hedonistic hamster wheels for humanity?
Where all basic needs and wants are met, but humanity's continual search for meaning is obliterated through idleness?
As we rocket towards the Singularity and a point from no return – where robotics and AI takes over human labor for good - how do we handle this problem? How do we adapt to a better future?
In this video, I explore an idea presented in Kai Fu-Lee's AI 2041.
Prepare for a deep rabbit hole into the recesses of a post-labor economy, and how we can achieve more meaningful lives after AI removes the need for baseline menial work, with UBI attached to a higher calling and purpose.
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