re: #115 EPR-radar

I’m not as enthusiastic about the internet/gig economy as you seem to be, but I could accept it if paired with a worthwhile UBI. More broadly, capital uber alles functions at least as efficiently in a gig economy as it does with underpayment of wages for jobs performed.

The future is unknown, of course, but I think that some sort of UBI will be unavoidable as automation and better dumb AI replace more and more workers. It’s only a matter of time before knowledge workers start getting replaced.

Were there some aspects of life that were better for the average white male in the US in the 1950s or 1960s? For sure. But on balance, I’ll take a bit of economic uncertainty along with my smartphone, effective vaccines developed within 24 hours of the virus getting sequenced, air bags, anti lock brakes, HD TV, internet, AC, longer life expectancy, etc.