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.
這是二三十年出現一次的事情,對自動化的恐慌使得“全民基本收入”(universal basic income)之說大熱。所謂全民基本收入,是發錢給全體人民,而不論他們的工作、財富或社會貢獻。今天圍繞全民基本收入的優點展開的討論,與上世紀60年代和90年代分別出現過的兩場討論相似。這只能是應對機器取代人類問題的權宜之計,卻產生了不該有的吸引力。
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