100 years ago UBI proposals gripped America amid job-loss fears — lessons for the AGI era
kidhelps2 · reddit · 2026-10-04
A Reddit post highlights that UBI proposals attracted nationwide attention in the US roughly 100 years ago, when people similarly feared total job loss — of both 'mind and muscle.' The author found a Medium deep-dive comparing that era's tech panic, UBI debate and bunker boom with today's AGI post-scarcity discourse, arguing the history holds lessons for navigating an AGI transition.
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