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I’m lukewarm on UBI because we’ve raised the floor that way multiple times in history and it never solves anomie. Still a worthy goal, but as a necessary, not sufficient condition for next-level flourishing. It’s less like utopia, more like free vaccines and public roads.
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1. The benefits of all technological innovations were realised decades after they were adopted and the appropriate systems around them were built. It was true for electricity, the automobile and the internet.
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The alternative to being controlled by fear/ur-not-worthy alternatives is via wanting things i.e the consumerism or social signalling paths. Fear of the stick makes people liable to control via the carrot. Shitty carrots doesn't resolve stick fear unfortunately 😕