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by insickness 3472 days ago
> Do they get depressed?

I think this is a huge factor that isn't getting enough focus. When people's jobs are replaced by automation and they are on UBI, how do they achieve self-worth? A lot of people get their self-worth from their work, even if their job is monotonous and relatively low-skill. We may be able to replace a low-skilled worker's wages with UBI, but we can't replace their feeling of self-worth. Not everyone can become an artist and even if they could, that may not be enough to give them a sense of purpose. In the long run, this may be a much bigger question than whether or not we implement UBI.