The good news is that the societies described here are vastly wealthier. So if humans are still able to coordinate to distribute the surplus, it should be fine to not be productively employed, even if to justify redistribution we implement something dumb...
I’m increasingly skeptical that there will be much redistribution to speak of in such a scenario. The vast numbers of people living on $2 a day currently might have something to say about that. What is the historical precedent for a group of humans having as little leverage as even U.S. ex-workers will have in this 99% automation scenario and yet being gifted a UBI, much less a UHI?
I’m increasingly skeptical that there will be much redistribution to speak of in such a scenario. The vast numbers of people living on $2 a day currently might have something to say about that. What is the historical precedent for a group of humans having as little leverage as even U.S. ex-workers will have in this 99% automation scenario and yet being gifted a UBI, much less a UHI?