"There is no way around an unconditional basic income"

The well-known philosopher Richard David Precht was a guest at ORF ("Im Zentrum") yesterday to talk about the consequences of increasing automation. The essence of his speech: "We must prepare ourselves for an enormously turbulent time in which many employment relationships will end."

(Note: This is not the video from yesterday, but it is related.)

In this context, I would like to make the following comment: As I read in the book "The Last Dictators", about 2.5 million people lived in the Central African Republic shortly after the fall of Emperor Bokassa I. Only 50,000 of them were gainfully employed. Most of these 50,000 were employed by the state. So there is such a thing - but: Do we want that? In Europe?

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