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Throughout the industrial age and into the information age, most of the knowledge and skills necessary to be literate and numerate were relatively known and stable. Now... it changes every few years... or months.

@garyackerman

"Many decades ago I saw a coming age when human labor would no longer be essential.

It was a disturbing realization and I pondered possible solutions for many years. My concern was that without individuals having some common responsibility to society the threads of humanity would begin to wither, as would they.

After much thought I came upon a viable, though imperfect, solution. Rather than arbitrarily distributing money, what if everyone were given a part of whatever infrastructure was critical at the time? For example, initially awarding ownership of a robot necessary for manufacturing. A wage would be received for the robot and responsibility for its maintenance would be theirs.

This would not only demand participation in society, but also enable the freedom to buy more infrastructure if they wished, or invest their resources in some other way. Thereby preserving basic opportunity for entrepreneurship and progress in a world of equal opportunity but unassured outcome."
SearingTruth

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