Patreon Update(s)/Introduction July was a very troublesome month for me emotionally and so, ironically, in a month where I had very little of my dog sitting left, I produced (slightly) less content than I had in the previous few months. Most of this can be attributed to that lovely phenomenon known as depression. I had…
(Nick’s Notes: You can find the previous post here, parts 1, 2 and 3 are there) Another post that comes close to the sort of objections I have about the universal basic income (UBI) is Santens post about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). One thing I want to point out before I even respond to the…
(Nick’s Notes: If you’re looking for the previous part click here, the first and second parts are here and here) A lot of my criticisms come from an anarchist perspective which Santens doesn’t really address in his FAQ to begin with. That’s understandable given most of the folks he talks to about the universal basic…
(Nick’s Notes: Click here and here for parts 1 and 2, respectively) One of my lesser objections to the Universal Basic Income (UBI) past the issues I’ve already mentioned is the fact that the UBI is universal and thus gets applied to people regardless of their income level. This seems obviously unfair because why should…
(Nick’s Notes: For part one, click here!) In the last part I went over why, at the very least, I’m highly skeptical of a universal basic income (UBI) distributed by the government. This time around I want to talk about the moral problems for the UBI. And I know that in the previous post I…
Preface I’ve been hearing about Scott Santens for a while. I think I’d even read one or two of his articles before I started digging into his handy FAQ. A month ago or so I read over a few posts by his, mostly on the subjects that personally interested me and the questions I have…
You’ve likely heard of Elon Musk, he’s a huge venture capitalist who helps run companies such as Tesla, SpaceX and SolarCity. Being such a huge name in the tech industry and especially Silicon Valley the things he has to say about the future of…well anything, is likely to garner some attention. Back in November, Musk stated…
Before we begin let me be clear that I am only responding to an article by Scott Santens entitled Deep Learning is Going to Teach us the Lesson of Our Lives: Jobs are for Machines. I want to do a full length study at some point on the UBI and my problems with it but…