John and Vivica talk to Seth Underwood of The Dividend Report about technological advancement, UBI and his experience with the Yang Gang.

Links

The Dividend Report

https://twitter.com/DividendReport

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAJ4E6durH2MtZ9XN5dRg5A

Ray Kurzweil

https://www.kurzweilai.net

The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence

https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html

Bullshit Jobs - David Graeber

https://g.co/kgs/Uw6aEJ

The War on Normal People - Andrew Yang

https://g.co/kgs/GNhPDQ

Google Career Certificate Program

https://grow.google/certificates/

Timestamps

00:55 - Why Seth wears the MATH hat (Make America Think Harder)

03:23 - How Seth discovered UBI

05:40 - Influence of Atlas Shrugged

06:56 - How VR led him to UBI

15:12 - Rate of technological change (Ray Kurzweil)

26:30 - Window of comprehension getting shorter

29:29 - How to introduce people to UBI

30:53 - What if robots take every job?

32:05 - The Abundance Gospel

42:13 - The first time hearing about UBI

44:11 - Shoutout to Scott Santens

47:58 - How the social contract and poverty are holding back society.

50:35 - How slavery held back innovation in the 19th century

52:49 - Why an income floor for everyone makes society strong

58:18 - UBI is just a universal tax break

1:04:46- UBI for selfish reasons

1:09:22- Conservative Argument on UBI

1:12:32- Technology/ The internet is taxpayer funded

1:25:42 - How would UBI interact with other welfare programs?

1:33:51- 3D printing and the future of scarcity

1:38:42- Can UBI solve the housing crisis?

1:45:17- Congress Members for UBI

1:45:35- Dolly Parton

1:50:06- UBI Resources