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The Deadline Is Speeding Up. The Floor Is Still a Pilot. (Ep 17)
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The Deadline Is Speeding Up. The Floor Is Still a Pilot. (Ep 17)

The Deadline Is Speeding Up. The Floor Is Still a Pilot. (Ep 17)
The Erica TheFuturist Podcast
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In this episode

Last week: the idea is proven, the scale is the fight. This week, the fight gets a clock. A June essay from the Basic Income Earth Network argues superintelligence didn't just make the case for a basic income — it sped up the deadline for one. I agree with the deadline, and then I push on what comes after it.


In this episode:

  • ​ The deadline evidence: 97,006 May 2026 cuts, 38,579 cited to superintelligence — the highest monthly figure since tracking began in 2023
  • ​ The honest-broker caveats: the pretext problem, and the BLS report — payrolls up, unemployment steady at 4.3%
  • ​ The missing rung: workers aged 22 to 25 entering exposed professions at lower rates
  • ​ Why reskilling alone is musical chairs
  • ​ The critique: scaling a pilot by lobbying companies to donate is charity wiring
  • ​ The AI Social Dividend Fund design — and my push: who insulates the fund from the companies themselves?
  • ​ Layer two: a flat dividend is only the floor — the need-based variables still need building


🎙️ Full episode: EricaTheFuturist.univer.se


📖 Companion article: https://ericathefuturist.substack.com/p/the-deadline-is-speeding-up-the-floor?r=5l4tzf&utm_medium=ios


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