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The Implications of Universal Basic Income
The cost of that per capita is close to $8 trillion a year. And already Americans are overtaxed, right? So like half the population here would go into an insurrection if you try to raise taxes. Well, either you have to ban AI so humans keep working or you have to have UBI and you have to figure out how to pay for it. It reminds me of a diagram from your book, Technosocialism, where you gave four scenarios. You know, one is Luddestan. Another one is Neofieldalism. Another one was Faldestan. And then Technosocialist ultimately is in the top right corner of that diagram,.