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But UBI doesn't fix one of the most core issues caused by automation: loss of satisfaction brought about by meaningful work. Humans have an inate need to work; when that need goes unfulfilled, depression and a whole host of mental illnesses commonly follow. Giving people free money via UBI may enable them to purchase food, but it doesn't give them self respect or mental health.

UBI may become necessary someday but until unemployment rises to unprecedented levels the potential for gdp loss is enormous. Right now we should be focussed on allocating human resources, not letting young people retire.

Let's fix Social Security first; worry about UBI later.

Yeah this is the thing I always come back to. UBI is without question needed in a highly autonomous society, but we fail to have proper flow on our already existing systems like Social Security.

or health care (at least in the US)