Ubi

You can flip this backwards: Everyone seems to wrap up their praise of AI by claiming that it will bring an era of abundance with UBI. Once we don't have UBI because why the fuc…

by za_creature · Nov 2, 2026

Everyone seems to wrap up their criticisms on AI and labor saving technology in general as though it's a personal affront when in reality, as it's always been, it's an economic…

by satvikpendem · Nov 2, 2026

> UBI will cause instant inflation and everyone will be in the same place they started from. Well, no, even if it causes inflation, everyone won't be in the same place they star…

by dragonwriter · Nov 2, 2026

Try a worked example. Alice has nothing, Elon has $1T and we give them each a UBI of, lets say, $50k. Your "instant inflation" means now their effective buying power is diluted…

by tialaramex · Nov 2, 2026

Controlled wages and fixed prices--that's sounding suspiciously like a command economy there. Well played, comrade. (And I say controlled wages because the natural solution peop…

by bennettnate5 · Nov 2, 2026

Not if we control the prices, the idea of UBI isn't to give money but to give resources, if everyone gets a house, clothes, food and education for free that's UBI as well. Even…

by minraws · Nov 2, 2026