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I have a different spin on UBI to address automation. I proposed that any human job done by an automaton must be backed by a license holding human. And humans can only own a single license. But a license is something that you are - not something that you own (no sell/transfer/inherit). So for example to "build" a truck driving automaton, you must also "hire" the license holding human.

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it's a clever mechanic, but recursively... what if you want to automate automaton creation? must you then develop a licensing body for automaton creators? and who will administrate this most important committee?

it automaton licenses all the way down ;)

Since automation has rendered the "license holder's" value in the market to zero, companies would "hire" them and pay them nothing.

What you're describing is simply not the way capitalism or automation works, or can ever work. No company is going to pay twice for the same labor.

Lots of companies pay for lots of thing they don't want to pay for - due to regulations passed by society.

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