Ask A Genius 297 – Universal Basic Income (7)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 297 - Universal Basic Income (7) September 21, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Let me sum up, just let me say this. Guaranteed minimum wage is one tool on the Swiss army knife of addressing automation based economic dislocation. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Okay. Rosner: It's something that should always …

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Ask A Genius 296 – Universal Basic Income (6)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 296 - Universal Basic Income (6) September 20, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: There have been arguments for some of these things. Or another thing could happen is if you don’t get people the guaranteed minimum income, then they get poor and then it’s a business opportunity for companies …

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Ask A Genius 295 – Universal Basic Income (5)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 295 - Universal Basic Income (5) September 19, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: There have been arguments for some of these things. Or another thing could happen is if you don’t get people the guaranteed minimum income, then they get poor and then it’s a business opportunity for companies …

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Ask A Genius 294 – Universal Basic Income (4)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 294 - Universal Basic Income (4) September 18, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: So, the guaranteed minimum income is one way to do things, another way to do things is to pay people for things that perhaps people haven't been paid for in the past like expressing consumer preferences; …

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Ask A Genius 293 – Universal Basic Income (3)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 293 - Universal Basic Income (3) September 17, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: I consider the Trump-Clinton election like the first AI election; first election where automation and computerization and robots really helps determine the lot of the issues. We're behind a lot of the issues in the elections …

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Ask A Genius 292 – Universal Basic Income (2)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 292 - Universal Basic Income (2) September 16, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Which country? Rosner: Finland. Jacobsen: 550-year-old monthly wage to ten thousand working adults. Rosner: Okay, so ten thousand people, not 10% of the population? Jacobsen: No. Rosner: So, that works out to be like 7200 bucks …

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Ask A Genius 291 – Universal Basic Income (1)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 291 - Universal Basic Income (1) September 15, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What're your thoughts on a universal basic income, a basic income or a negative interest tax or something? Rick Rosner: You’re talking about the idea that Finland is experimenting with which is just giving everybody …

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Ask A Genius 290 – Innovations in the Future

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 290 - Innovations in the Future September 14, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What about innovations in the future? Rick Rosner: I have not been doing a lot of thinking about this, I’ve kind of blindly accepted that future innovation will be done by the automated people are …

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Ask A Genius 289 – Apocalypse Now, For You (4)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 289 - Apocalypse Now, For You (4) September 13, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: But most people won't be ready and are not and will not be willing to be ready for rapid change. Rick Rosner: What people can do, faced with the future people can do what they've …

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Ask A Genius 288 – Apocalypse Now, For You (3)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 288 - Apocalypse Now, For You (3) September 12, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: And you know we in America didn't expect our political system to get through to have the to be undergoing the insults it’s currently undergoing. And similarly, we don't expect for the future to kick our …

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