The reality is that the Self Delete rates are going to skyrocket once Universal Basic Income is implemented and most people lose their jobs. Utopias don't exist.
increased automation could make food production significantly cheaper especially if people forget off with the anti-GMO stuff. food's one of the biggest problems, if not
the biggest problem, for poor people, so with that out of the equation it would be that much easier for people to live on less and less money. UBI or not I don't really care, but it's completely feasible to decrease the cost of living. corporations just aren't gonna do it
I'm not some expert on this stuff but I can tell you it's not going to work out well if we just sit around and wait. some of that stuff, like transportation, is alarmingly close as it is. if you just wanna say "no, no automation" I guess that is in some capacity a solution, but I can't imagine it'd last long with corporate pressure. not to mention that you obviously wouldn't get any of the benefits of automation. just more of the same
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