The universal basic income (UBI) appeals to many people. It appears to be a simple and relatively easy way to guarantee a minimum income to everyone. The proposal can mean simply giving everyone a fixed amount of money on a regular basis or the “negative income tax” favored by Nobel economist Milton Friedman. It appeals to some transhumanists who look ahead to a hoped-for day when AI-driven corporations produce tremendous value with little to no human input. Whether or not UBI is workable today, some believe it will be in this future.
The UBI as typically promoted is unworkable (especially today) and undesirable. An alternative offers an approach that we can start implementing immediately and that can evolve to fit the future of AI production. Rather than forcibly taking and distributing it instead encourages stock ownership by all by educating people about the long-term benefits (and risks) of investing. It could take the form of a required and protected amount of savings (something like a 401k). If shares in AI-driven corporations are to be simply given to everyone, it should be done once and not repeatedly to greatly reduce disincentives to be productive.
The UBI as typically promoted is unworkable (especially today) and undesirable. An alternative offers an approach that we can start implementing immediately and that can evolve to fit the future of AI production. Rather than forcibly taking and distributing it instead encourages stock ownership by all by educating people about the long-term benefits (and risks) of investing. It could take the form of a required and protected amount of savings (something like a 401k). If shares in AI-driven corporations are to be simply given to everyone, it should be done once and not repeatedly to greatly reduce disincentives to be productive.
The application of evidence-based science and ethical use of technology for extending human life well beyond the maximum human life span is known as Radical Life Extension.
by Natasha Vita-More July 02, 2020
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by frostytips June 17, 2013
Billy Zane: Man...PROTOTYPE 2 is going to be Awesome Sauce!
Nancy Reagan: No Billy, it will be even better than Awesome Sauce...it will be Radical Sauce!!!
Billy Zane: (gets down on hands/knees and bows) Forgive me master...
Nancy Reagan: It's okay...now kiss the ring bitch, and then take me back to pound town!
Nancy Reagan: No Billy, it will be even better than Awesome Sauce...it will be Radical Sauce!!!
Billy Zane: (gets down on hands/knees and bows) Forgive me master...
Nancy Reagan: It's okay...now kiss the ring bitch, and then take me back to pound town!
by THE Dr. Manhattan January 28, 2011
by TheTaxEvaders August 14, 2021
The state of unreservedly favoring a one's feelings as the cardinal factor in determining the validity of something instead of observation or reasoning.
I never thought it would become trendy for one's feelings to become the most important part of an explanation for a phenomenon. Methought that one's feelings would more likely be more of a peripheral matter in regards to explaining a phenomenon. I suppose those who prefer radical subjectivity think of my preference for observation & reasoning to be unsympathetic.
by MurdochMaxwell November 11, 2020

