Elon Musk and the Rise of the Technocratic Right: From UBI to Universal High Income

Elon Musk and the Rise of the Technocratic Right: From UBI to Universal High Income Elon Musk in 2017: “There will be fewer and fewer jobs that a robot cannot do better. I think we will just end up doing Universal Basic Income. It’s going to be necessary. The harder challenge, much harder challenge, is how do people then have meaning?“ Elon Musk in 2024: “In a benign scenario, probably none of us will have a job. There will be universal high income - not universal basic income, but universal high income. There will be no shortage of goods or services. The question will really be one of meaning . If the computers and robots can do everything better than you, does your life have meaning? I do think there’s perhaps still a role for humans in this - in that we may give AI meaning.“ Notice the evolution. It’s a subtle yet telling shift. The 2017 Musk spoke to the inevitability of UBI as a safety net for the dispossessed, those left behind by automation. The 2024 Musk, however, is singin... Source: Lord Of War