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Universal basic income
Yes.
In a post scarcity economy, it only makes sense. It would be better for everyone, even nature I bet.
It would give people options to pursue the career they enjoy.
Should have started in the industrial revolution, clearly should have started in the petroleum/corn age, and stupidly far behind in the computer age.
Imagine all the brilliant scientists/artists/engineers/etc stuck in a dead-end jobs just because food & rent.
We could have a new Renaissance, but we are owned.
:(
It makes sense in any economy, which has enough material to provide the basics to everybody. We indeed could do it today, even though we have material constraints as we can see with the climate crisis for example.
... among many other things.
Productivity increases were probably from computers. My job has been replacing hundreds of processing staff with computer software. Lately it had been moving the last paper processes to electronic and consolidating as much data as possible
I think my industry (data capture and processing) has had x100 productivity increases. I doubt the same has happened in more physical work
Put another way, people aren't more productive, systems are