"Learn how to code" is the new "if you just get a degree you will have a good job"
If everyone takes that advice like everyone took the college advice you will have a shitload of coders and not enough jobs
That will force the wages of coders down to the point you will be begging for microsoft to take your code for free just to have your name out there.
Its what happened to writing and its part of why its hard to get a paid gig, too many writers willing to work for free.
So "learn how to code" is bad advice, Jobs are going away and they are never coming back we need to address this.
We need a universal dividend on all of the automated labor on earth paid out to all of its citizens
@Laurelai Eh... I'm not really sold on basic income. My concern is thats it's a bandaid, on a problem where we need much more than just a band-aid. Like, suppose we pass basic income. And it's good enough to work for everyone. What then?
Well, then we get a decade or so where people think the problem's solved, while wealth and power continue to accumulate into ever fewer hands, until the owners of said wealth and power decide they really don't need the rest of us anymore. What then? :/
@cute_weeds @Laurelai Mmm, that could work? But of course, you'll face constant pressure to add new loop holes, lower taxes, add new subsidies... At the end of the say, it's kinda like getting into a shoving match with a river. :/