- Forget fears of automation, your job is probably bullshit anyway - A subversive new book argues that many of us are working in meaningless “bullshit jobs”. Let automation continue and liberate people through universal basic income http://www.wired.co.uk/article/bullshit-jobs-david-graeber-review 4047 comments technology
- Canada is betting on a universal basic income to help cities gutted by manufacturing job loss - “It’s time [we] start considering some kind of basic income because of the changing nature of work due to automation” https://qz.com/914247/canada-is-betting-on-a-universal-basic-income-to-help-cities-gutted-by-manufacturing-job-loss/ 10 comments technology
- Universal basic income improves well-being and encourages work, Finland's pilot study finds. Those paid the income did better on jobs and mental health than control group in two-year study. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/universal-basic-income-finland-trial-scotland-ubi-coronavirus-poll-a9504576.html 7 comments worldnews