Universal Basic Income

[Ranjeet01]

I saw this article, and I have read something very similar to this before:

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/scotland-trial-universal-basic-income-universal-credit-welfare-reform-a7435926.html%3famp

Just wondering how this relates in the context of Sikhi. I know this is talk in terms of welfare but I can see wider implications . 

There has been much talk about how technology/automation is replacing jobs.

When we do shopping, we increasingly go on-line. When we shop for groceries in the supermarket, we increasingly see self-service checkouts.

Self-drive cars in the future will remove our need to drive. 3D printing will also remove most human interaction in making/producing . 

Just wondering how society will be like in the following decades as there will be no jobs and there could be a situation where something like a universal income maybe used by society to sustain the population . 

In the context of Sikhi ,  our pillars "kirat karna" and "vand shako".

Will this disappear if automation/robots replace everything we do? 

I know that Sikhs in general are not luddites and we embrace and utilise technology but I wonder how this will impact the sangat.

If there was no work to be done and we were paid to do nothing, you could say that it would it free people's time to read more bani, more paath etc.

But it could make people more lazy and idle which can be dangerous.

[jkvlondon]

17 minutes ago, Ranjeet01 said:

I saw this article, and I have read something very similar to this before:

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/scotland-trial-universal-basic-income-universal-credit-welfare-reform-a7435926.html%3famp

Just wondering how this relates in the context of Sikhi. I know this is talk in terms of welfare but I can see wider implications . 

There has been much talk about how technology/automation is replacing jobs.

When we do shopping, we increasingly go on-line. When we shop for groceries in the supermarket, we increasingly see self-service checkouts.

Self-drive cars in the future will remove our need to drive. 3D printing will also remove most human interaction in making/producing . 

Just wondering how society will be like in the following decades as there will be no jobs and there could be a situation where something like a universal income maybe used by society to sustain the population . 

In the context of Sikhi ,  our pillars "kirat karna" and "vand shako".

Will this disappear if automation/robots replace everything we do? 

I know that Sikhs in general are not luddites and we embrace and utilise technology but I wonder how this will impact the sangat.

If there was no work to be done and we were paid to do nothing, you could say that it would it free people's time to read more bani, more paath etc.

But it could make people more lazy and idle which can be dangerous.

since we are supposed to do kirt for our living this would be anti-gurmat as it is not earned .  This is the start of the enslavement of people by controlling their wages , living choices,  but you do not have to abandon our dharam .