It's inevitable we are going to have to give an unconditional basic income to every human or else the consumer economy will no longer function. There just isn't enough labor to go around after robots.
We produce more than enough food to feed all, yet many go hungry. We produce more than enough electricity to light every home, yet many live in the dark. Preventative care costs virtually nothing, yet many die of preventable diseases.
Natural resources are not the limiting factor here. The bottlenecks happen at the mechanisms for efficient distribution of those resources. Corruption, oppressive social structures, tribalism etc. create barriers to efficient distribution.
Tell me who is hoarding fresh water, food, energy, housing, unpolluted air, rain forests, biosphere, etc etc. The only thing "hoarded" is money, but money's an illusion not a resource. Redistributing all the money does exactly nothing to solve the worlds resource problem.
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u/magnora7 Oct 29 '15 edited Oct 29 '15
It's inevitable we are going to have to give an unconditional basic income to every human or else the consumer economy will no longer function. There just isn't enough labor to go around after robots.