The Green Transition Practices That Will Save the Planet

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The only solution is to turn the robots into humanity's slaves, he says. 10% of corporations with more than 500 employees should be put in a ' sovereign wealth fund' The dividends that accumulate there are divided among all people - not income. As AI progresses, and robotization of the amount of progress, we can go from 10% to 20%, to 30%. In the limit, you have market communism,. All the corporations are owned by everyone, but you still have markets functioning. If we are as the demos, the owners of capital, then you can direct it towards the green transition practices that will save the planet.

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