The blog of The Family, a startup investor and builder, covering fundraising, SEO, basic income, and startup policy.
HN links it for its fundraising guide and its essays on basic income and startup policy, which commenters discuss alongside Sam Altman's views.
The Altman quote is on target "I think it’s good to start studying this early. I’m fairly confident that at some point in the future, as technology continues to eliminate traditional jobs and massive new wealth gets created, we’re going to see some version of this at a national scale."
However, it will likely be called something different in the near-term in order to gather momentum. Often the argument focuses on the concept as opposed to the practical benefits. Putting it in different terms could serve to reframe the argument to focus on the benefits.
These are interesting as well:
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/universal-basic-income/
https://salon.thefamily.co/enough-with-this-basic-income-bullshit-a6bc92e8286b#.p7c3g7g7k
Maybe in the future you can vote for a party with which you are not perfectly aligned, then weigh on it while it exerts power to bring it closer to your views?
I happen to think it's the greatest challenge to be tackled by civic tech startups...
See this older story https://salon.thefamily.co/software-eating-politics-the-case-for-picking-elizabeth-warren-3c22477c5d9a
https://salon.thefamily.co/dont-freak-out-the-fundraising-bible-is-here-156a059fe824