Perfect health and truthful identity of every individual = the most crucial aspects to protect and strengthen.
Inequality indirectly weakens the entire civilization by causing unnecessary stress and illnesses while shared abundance allows everyone to flourish and have a fulfilling life, strengthening our planetary civilization by removing bad vibes. 💙
However, I think the ordering of the Pyramid understates the role of widely held private assets. Once robots and AI dominate production, the decisive question is who owns the capital stock, not how we tax its output later. We need policies that strongly promote distributed ownership of assets (robots) so the means of production are broadly held and income can flow directly to the public. We must reverse the policies that have accelerated the centralization of assets and capital, and forge an updated economic contract.
I’ve sketched out a proposal for a Refundable Robot Credit for Individuals that makes it cheaper for any firm to lease robots from households than to buy them. The goal of this policy—and related measures—is to elevate distributed capital ownership from your fourth-tier item to the first or second pillar of prosperity.
oligarchy is paved with public complacency, distraction, and the rational desire of individuals to focus on their immediate lives rather than abstract, systemic threats.
I do not believe that the oligarchy will let this happen. I believe UBI will be the gilded cage. The only golden light IC at the end of the tunnel is to quote the term "an anomaly". Something or someone is not blinded by the possibility of AI's dopamine hits continually stifling.
Perfect health and truthful identity of every individual = the most crucial aspects to protect and strengthen.
Inequality indirectly weakens the entire civilization by causing unnecessary stress and illnesses while shared abundance allows everyone to flourish and have a fulfilling life, strengthening our planetary civilization by removing bad vibes. 💙
Excellent work.
However, I think the ordering of the Pyramid understates the role of widely held private assets. Once robots and AI dominate production, the decisive question is who owns the capital stock, not how we tax its output later. We need policies that strongly promote distributed ownership of assets (robots) so the means of production are broadly held and income can flow directly to the public. We must reverse the policies that have accelerated the centralization of assets and capital, and forge an updated economic contract.
I’ve sketched out a proposal for a Refundable Robot Credit for Individuals that makes it cheaper for any firm to lease robots from households than to buy them. The goal of this policy—and related measures—is to elevate distributed capital ownership from your fourth-tier item to the first or second pillar of prosperity.
Would appreciate your take: https://willhansmann.substack.com/p/can-capitalism-survive-the-robot
Beautifully written, inspiring, even.
oligarchy is paved with public complacency, distraction, and the rational desire of individuals to focus on their immediate lives rather than abstract, systemic threats.
I do not believe that the oligarchy will let this happen. I believe UBI will be the gilded cage. The only golden light IC at the end of the tunnel is to quote the term "an anomaly". Something or someone is not blinded by the possibility of AI's dopamine hits continually stifling.
Thank you for this. Dave, great job!