the techno-optimist dream of an abundant post-AGI world where humans devote their days to art and leisure will look more like billions of people chasing negative sum capital and status jackpots with UBI stipends.

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I think the techno-optimist dream is the exact opposite of this.

“We believe a Universal Basic Income would turn people into zoo animals to be farmed by the state. Man was not meant to be farmed; man was meant to be useful, to be productive, to be proud.”

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replace universal basic income with universal basic rights or healthcare or education and you'll see how broken that is