UBI has been around for a while but it's gotten some new attention. Particularly, futurists are concerned with what happens to us when robots take over and humans have nothing but leisure time. How do we allocate money? This may sound like Star Trek but it's sucking up some major bandwidth. It is highly political and it won't be a reality until we get close to utopia, however, it is incredibly idyllic despite the debate.

Now that you have listened to and reviewed the appropriate materials, in a forum post of 7 or morewell-constructedsentences, respond to the following question(s) and/or prompt(s):

Make a case in support of/against UBI. Back your argument with actual facts, cited and sourced, please!

What are the drawbacks? (Please get creative here. I don't want to read "people won't work anymore if they don't have to" repeatedly. Thanks!)

There are two types of economic optimists: those who believe technology will save us, and those who believe education will. The third type of economist is the pessimist, who thinks that the existing resources are already sufficient for our existing wants and needs, but that the distribution (and waste) of those resources are, ultimately, the largest economic problem. Which of these three opinions do you share? Explain