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'''Automatic Basic Income''' ('''ABI''') will be a necessity for the survival of humanity and the planet. Some call this UBI, where the 'U' stands for either "''Universal''" or "''Unconditional''", depending on who you ask.
'''Automatic Basic Income''' ('''ABI''') will be a necessity for the survival of humanity and the planet. Some call this UBI, where the 'U' stands for either "''Universal''" or "''Unconditional''", depending on who you ask.


{{Q|If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed. Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution. So far, the trend seems to be toward the second option, with technology driving ever-increasing inequality.|[[w:Stephen Hawking|Stephen Hawking]]|[[w:technological unemployment|technological unemployment]]}}
{{Q|If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed. Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution. So far, the trend seems to be toward the second option, with technology driving ever-increasing inequality.|[[w:Stephen Hawking|Stephen Hawking]]|[[w:technological unemployment|technological unemployment]]<ref>https://www.reddit.com/user/Prof-Stephen-Hawking</ref>}}


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