It seems like we might have turned a corner today relative to universal basic income. Or at least that’s the sense that I get as I’m sitting here in bed, scrolling through today’s headlines. I mean, it’s something that we’ve been discussing for a while, but it seems like it’s everywhere today, which is odd, […]
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The robots are coming, the robots are coming… Is now the time to start talking seriously about universal basic income? And what’s all this about our new Secretary of Labor not liking human beings?
Posted in Corporate Crime, Uncategorized Also tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, Andy Puzder, automation, Carl's Jr., coal mines, Elon Musk, factories, Hardee's, John Henry, robots, Secretary of Labor, threats to the middle class 74 Comments
Autonomous trucking, the coming shift in the American workforce, and beginning a discussion on universal basic income
The most interesting news today had absolutely nothing to do with either Clinton or Trump for a change. It was news out of Colorado involving the first known instance of a self-driving truck successfully transporting merchandise over the U.S. highway system. Here’s the truck in question, which, just a few days ago, carried 2,000 cases […]
Posted in Economics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2014, AB InBev, American Trucking Association, autonomous trucking, autonomous vehicles, beer, beer delivery, census data, manufacturing, middle class, Otto, Smokey and the Bandit, the future of America, threats to the middle class, truck drivers, trucks, Uber, warnings from the future, work 62 Comments