Cutting the Gordian Knot of Technological Unemployment
summary
Claims that routine job growth flatlined in 1990 and peak human labor occurred around 2000 set the premise and the stakes, backed by a 1993–2007 study showing each new robot replaces ~5.6 workers and that additional robots per 1,000 workers reduce employment by 0.34% wages by 0.5% and raise GDP by 0.13% Tools cited include industrial robots AI and blockchain for netizen dividends Pilots in Finland Netherlands Canada Kenya and Brazil report crime down 42% poaching down 95% and health and schooling gains while one grassroots model funds a $1,000 monthly floor via Patreon
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Technological unemployment here
- 2:29Tool use consequences
- 6:44Flawed automation solutions
- 11:39The automation of human labor in the 21st century
- 16:18Jobs and wages globally
- 24:12Unconditional basic income
- 27:42How UBI works financially
- 31:14Global basic income trials
- 35:29UBI enables meaningful work
- 41:34UBI as technological inheritance
- 44:00Fight-or-flight systemic change
- 49:23Humanity's future choice
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