[sonoffett]

As related material that folks here might appreciate: Andrew Yang’s (founder of Venture for America) recent book “The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future” lays out a compelling argument for UBI, given the rise of automation and AI, as well as current economic and cultural shifts.

Yang is also running for president 2020 on a UBI platform, dubbed the freedom dividend.

[tomschlick]

He also did a Reddit AMA where he only answered the softball questions about UBI instead of how he would actually make it work. IMO, the guy is only running so he can sell more of his books.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/87aa2z/iama_andrew_ya...