Once in a generation, an automation scare triggers a bout of enthusiasm for a universal basic income — a payment made to all citizens regardless of work, wealth or their social contribution. Today’s discussion of the merits of UBI echoes similar debates in the 1960s and 1990s. But the appeal of this palliative for the replacement of humans by machines is misplaced.
这是二三十年出现一次的事情,对自动化的恐慌使得“全民基本收入”(universal basic income)之说大热。所谓全民基本收入,是发钱给全体人民,而不论他们的工作、财富或社会贡献。今天围绕全民基本收入的优点展开的讨论,与上世纪60年代和90年代分别出现过的两场讨论相似。这只能是应对机器取代人类问题的权宜之计,却产生了不该有的吸引力。
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