[cmurf]

OK. But what's your proposal for how they get food, clothing, living space? The labor portion of food, clothing, shelter being automated only eliminated a part of their cost. They still have a cost, so if people don't have jobs, how do they continue to acquire the things they need to live?

[jsprogrammer]

I've been thinking about this for awhile. I believe that the dependency graphs need to be made explicit and open. Everyone should be able to see what resources there are, which are being used for what, the entire supply chain, and projections.

We'll likely need new distributed protocols to be able to make group decisions about things, but I think we'll be able to get a long way just by making key information widely available.

[zero_iq]

You just ask for them at the nearest replicator terminal ;p

[mentat]

Basic income.