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RE: When is the end of the human workforce?
Welcome to Steem Richard! I saw your tweet of this article and came by to say Hi!
I am like @steemitadventure and a bit skeptical about a UBI as it relates to human nature and motivation to do anything. Regardless of how much we automate and replace current job skills, there will always be a need for some sort of human element to the work force. Do we have enough people who are just motivated to work for the sake of working to keep things running, when everyone is receiving a payment for doing nothing?
It's an interesting question, and one delved in to a lot by science fiction authors to greater or lesser degrees.
One thing is for sure. The future is going to be interesting!
Hey Mike thanks for visiting and commenting! like yourself and @steemitadventure I see it has a 2 pronged fork - one really good and the other really bad. Both of these possible futures are as you said related to human nature. Yes there will be a human element for some time to come in the workforce but it will continue to dwindle as time tolls on.
Those that continue to work after the UBI is introduced will likely be paid much higher than those just on the UBI. In case you hadn't gathered from my Twitter feeds (thank you guys for following me there too if you do) I am a big science buff and am always looking at the latest technological developments and as you say @mikepm74 the future is going to be very interesting indeed!