🎧 Tech Election - Part 1

Interesting episode, rounding up most of the usual suspects. The one new thing I heard was from Rana Faroohar, who pointed out that one reason libertarian types like the idea of Universal Basic Income is because it puts everything on the individual. Individuals don't buy better school systems or effective bus transport, she said, or words to that effect. The stuff about people finding self-worth in their jobs, which Carl Frey mentioned, doesn't seem to be anything like a real objection. But from now on, I hope to examine UBI schemes with an eye on who will be paying for basic services. I dunno, maybe there could even be an efficiency dividend from getting away from a plethora of expensive-to-administer schemes that could be invested in basic infrastructure.