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"
I can't speak for anyone else, but if I had the option of playing video games all day, I probably would.
I might for a while too, but then I would get bored and make more animations.
Achronai, my question is what will happen when robots take everyone's job and no one can sell their labor in a way that makes economic sense? Your statement is the classic U.S. Republican response to changing a system that only allows the few to benefit at the cost of the many. As a guy with a degree in Economics, "adamanimates" is right.
The studies where basic income has been tried, it has been shown to work. It will not solve all the world's problems but it is a start. The only reason basic income has not been attempted on a large scale is because it would take power away from the few and give it to the them which is the opposite of the capitalism system.
Drain the swamp by adding in some billionaires...
yes yes. good luck.
It is rare to see such a high quality animation for a social-political topic. Images, keyframes, audio, comparisons and script are outstanding! It really keeps my attention and I don't feel information overloaded.
Maybe it could still be improved by adding a comparison for the hard-sceptics, who are not open to the mentioned facts. A thing like the combustion-engine could do, where people could not imagine a motor that works with explosions inside could do anything good.
Thanks a lot. I've been trying all sorts of things to reach the hard skeptics. I think the most effective way is to find out who they respect that supports the idea.
No one seems to know how close the US came to passing this sort of legislation. There used to be 90% support and everyone thought it was inevitable. So I'm thinking of making a new video about Nixon's basic income plan, and how that would have totally changed American society.