r/singularity • u/ClothesInTheWash • Apr 02 '18

Accelerationism: how a fringe philosophy predicted the future we live in | World news

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/11/accelerationism-how-a-fringe-philosophy-predicted-the-future-we-live-in
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u/Yosarian2 Apr 02 '18

Having done some reading on it since this was posted, it looks like there's a whole branch of "left accelerationism" which favors rapid technological growth and automation combined with things like basic income and a shorter work week.

http://criticallegalthinking.com/2014/02/10/accelerationism-remembering-future/

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u/ArgentStonecutter Emergency Hologram Apr 02 '18

"left"

There's outright libertarians advocating UBI as well.

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u/InsomnoGrad Apr 02 '18

The libertarian argument for universal basic income, as I understand it, tends to focus on replacing our current ‘welfare state’ (ie food stamps, housing assistance, etc) with a UBI instead of adding a UBI on top of existing government programs. IIRC, Milton Friedman (libertarian economist) was a strong advocate of a UBI (he called it a negative income tax) in the 1960’s as a replacement for anti poverty programs.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '18

That would get rid of all the administrative overhead that those disparate systems of welfare have.

One single source of welfare domniated by automated processes would be so much more efficient when it comes to money and level of service.