It’s more efficient to implement a universal basic income.
Having to funnel it through businesses just adds dead weight. Many businesses are no longer economically viable or sustainable, and that will only continue to accelerate as time goes on. We place far too much emphasis on jobs, which doesn’t work in the age of automation as humans become, at least productivity-wise, more and more unnecessary.
Once you decouple a person’s worth from their productivity though, then you can start to better see the inherent value that exists in everyone which is both foundational and immutable.
Having to funnel it through businesses just adds dead weight. Many businesses are no longer economically viable or sustainable, and that will only continue to accelerate as time goes on. We place far too much emphasis on jobs, which doesn’t work in the age of automation as humans become, at least productivity-wise, more and more unnecessary.
Once you decouple a person’s worth from their productivity though, then you can start to better see the inherent value that exists in everyone which is both foundational and immutable.