Basic income: a way to compensate people for a common good taken for private gain

Basic income: a way to compensate people for a common good taken for private gain

Basic income’s appeal today is similar to its roots in 18th‑century England – it’s a way to compensate people for a common good taken for private gain The first basic income proposals were a reaction to the seizure of common fields by English landlords. George Stubbs/The Yorck Project, CC BY Will Glovinsky, Binghamton University, State University of New York A story has been going around about artificial intelligence for the past decade: At som…