I’ve traced this lack of compassion that I feel back to the crib. My arms were tied to the sides of the crib to stop me from scratching as a result of having excema. I was wheeled into the kitchen and left there all night no matter how much I cried. (1) I concluded that […]
Global UBI Answer to Social Impoverishment by Automation
I’d like to address the issue of automation while articles on it are still fresh in memory. The issue of the impoverishment of society through automation isn’t new. Back in 1990, when I woke up to it, (1) almost no one wanted to hear about the subject. Most people loved playing Tetris and were enamored […]
If This is Your Job, Watch Out! (1998)
The issue of automation is not new. What is new is that we’re now looking at ways of meeting the impoverishment of society that resulted – layoffs, loss of pensions, loss of benefits, minimum wage, contract employment, etc. – I see a universal basic income as the essential way of returning the benefits of automation […]