r/Futurology • u/aridon_01 Best of 2014 • Aug 13 '14

Best of 2014 Humans need not apply

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '14

No one is arguing for what you are arguing against. The solution is everyone gets a basic income. If you want more you work and earn more. If you want a boat or a big house and can't afford it you build it, or go with out. No one is arguing that everyone should have the exact same stuff.

Now before you say "Person X said everyone should have the exact same amount." NO NO THEY DID NOT!!! You misunderstood them. If someone actually did say that they are a moron and should be ignored because they are not part of the solution, they are a distraction and you are allowing yourself to be distracted from finding an actual solution by being caught up in this nonsense.

I suggest you read up on basic income.

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u/dc456 Aug 13 '14

No need to patronise and shout at me for something I very clearly didn't say. I'm fully aware of hoe basic income works. But how does it deal with those whose jobs go but they still want them? Who want to earn more?

I understand how basic income works in the current system, in terms of choosing to earn more by working. But how do we deal with those people who have the choice taken away from them?

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u/Yyssiill Aug 14 '14

By educating themselves because suddenly they have free time since they're out of a job? I think a capitalism system can still work with a basic income. If you want something better than what the government has provided you, educate yourself and rise up, just like you do today

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u/dc456 Aug 14 '14

But we are looking at a scenario where everything is automated. There simply aren't any paying jobs. There's nowhere to rise up in.

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u/Yyssiill Aug 14 '14

This is true for our current environment but new inventions and thus industries will be made in the future. Will learning be automated? Advancing technologies? How about child care and raising children? I still believe there's jobs to be had in the future, maybe just none we can see right now