So basically welfare.
Which doesn't work in making poor communities any richer.
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adamanimates responds:
Look up the basic income study in India. Poor communities absolutely got richer, and stayed richer, after the study ended.
The idea seems a bit sketchy, but we need solutions to these problems, and this might be it. As long as there is overwhelming evidence that this works, then im not gonna argue. I will give this idea some time because i think it has some worth. Great animation by the way.
I can't speak for anyone else, but if I had the option of playing video games all day, I probably would.
adamanimates responds:
I might for a while too, but then I would get bored and make more animations.
Well made video. Gorgeous.
To all those saying this message can't work:
What about 20 years from now (or maybe as few as 1-5 years for some occupations) where your job is done by a robot. What now?
Robotics will be able to do almost everything and maybe actually everything.
The only viable long term economic solution I see is a guaranteed basic income and a moderate tax on robot and automation labor.
Another great video about this subject is by CGP Grey, "Humans need not apply"
Great work on this. The message is silly. But still nice work.
The idea of basic anything for anyone is nonsense.
Need the basics? Work for the basics.
adamanimates responds:
If you disagree with the message, do you also disagree that technological unemployment will be a thing? What would you do if you found yourself unable to find work, through no fault of your own?
There's a great book I recommend to everyone called "Rise of the Robots" by Martin Ford. It might convince you that new jobs being created by technology are far fewer than those being eliminated by it.
Also, in Canada we already have a basic income for seniors called the Canada Pension Plan. It was enacted after finding that lots of seniors were reduced to eating catfood in order to get by. In the US there is Social Security. They have significantly reduced poverty among seniors. Would you scrap these programs because 'basic anything for anyone is nonsense'?
I'm always up for a polite debate if you'd like to PM me.