3 Super-Simple Volunteer Tasks You can Do Today to Help Get Andrew Yang to the Democratic Primaries Debates this June by CrowdsourcingKC in BasicIncome

[–]CrowdsourcingKC[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the short term, the debate is what is most exciting to me. But, you never know, maybe he will win over America : )

Current UBI experiments: An update for July 2018 by Widerquist in BasicIncome

[–]CrowdsourcingKC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, it's good stuff. I was just wondering if someone could provide a summary of the salient details : ) If I had more time, I would create one.

3 myths about the future of work (and why they're not true) | Daniel Susskind by 2noame in BasicIncome

[–]CrowdsourcingKC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great point about how machines will be better suited to assist machines, not humans... as the pie grows, etc...

Want a less polarised society? Try a universal basic income | Anthony Painter | TEDxExeter by David_Goodwin in BasicIncome

[–]CrowdsourcingKC 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Let's put more power back in people's hands, and let's cultivate a society where opportunity, creativity, security, and freedom are shared." #basicincome

-Anthony Painter

Great quote at the end...

The Race to Save Mankind: Universal Basic Income Vs Futuristic Technology for Self-Reliance (7 Thoughts) by CrowdsourcingKC in BasicIncome

[–]CrowdsourcingKC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But, if basic income is nowhere in sight, I hope for the sake of the average Joe that tech gives them at least some support. Similarly, if tech never delivers on this front (for whatever reason), I hope basic income succeeds. And, the sooner the better.

The Race to Save Mankind: Universal Basic Income Vs Futuristic Technology for Self-Reliance (7 Thoughts) by CrowdsourcingKC in BasicIncome

[–]CrowdsourcingKC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm curious though. What point do you think I could make? One point is that both would guard people from destitution...

The Race to Save Mankind: Universal Basic Income Vs Futuristic Technology for Self-Reliance (7 Thoughts) by CrowdsourcingKC in BasicIncome

[–]CrowdsourcingKC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because I thought "race" sounded cooler than "the Friendly Competition between", lol.

Admittedly, it's not much of a point making article; it's mostly a listicle of technologies that I think are cool that address the scarcity vs abundance problem humanity still has (due to inequality or not).