https://vegasharmon.com/authors/francis-fukuyama/ Recent content in Francis Fukuyama on Vegas Harmon Hugo en Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://vegasharmon.com/commonplace/dignity-isn-t-a-check-why-ubi-can-t-replace-work/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://vegasharmon.com/commonplace/dignity-isn-t-a-check-why-ubi-can-t-replace-work/ This lost labor simply cannot be compensated for by transferring money from the AI winners to the AI losers, in the form of, for example, universal basic income. A job and income mean much more than support for the material basis of life. Having a paying job means that the surrounding society values your labor sufficiently to compensate you for it, and provides, in addition to material goods, a sense of dignity and self-worth.