alt Hacker News> Is there a better way?
Yes, UBI. Then you can create what you want and your livelihood doesn't depend on it going viral.
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OCASMv2 • today at 5:03 AM
Nah, that just turns people into slaves of whoever is signing the checks.
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wavemode • today at 1:05 AM
Most people want a lot more out of life than basic necessities.
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fragmede • today at 1:52 AM
what does UBI have to do with getting paid for making cool shit?
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How do we ensure that we don’t enter the failure mode of “not enough necessities get made”?
Like it seems like people are ideologically for or against UBI, but I’ve never seen anyone discuss how the mechanism would avoid this outcome. Like I’m not saying it’s 100% the outcome that would happen on whatever time frame, just that even e.g. a 10% chance of that happening would make it too risky to attempt at scale. And like I don’t accept “some people just love farming” or “a lot of stuff that isn’t needed gets made now”, I need an actual mechanism description.