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Elon Predicts Universal High Income and Social Unrest. And It Terrifies Me. Elon Musk wasn’t being edgy here. He was being honest. And honestly, it scared me to no end because I think he’s right. The transition to a post-labor, post-scarcity society will likely be the hardest thing humanity has ever tried to survive. Not because of money. Because of psychology, meaning, and speed. Elon basically says it straight up: we will get Universal High Income and social unrest at the same time. There is no smooth ramp. The change will be so fast that people will be scared out of their minds. When AI does everything better, your job does not just disappear economically, it disappears existentially. And that is the real bomb. Work has been our primary source of meaning for centuries. Remove it overnight and you do not get instant enlightenment. You get confusion, anger, nihilism, and backlash. Peter Diamandis brings up Wall-E for a reason. A life without challenge sounds nice until you realize challenge is what gives life texture. I still want this future. I just think we are wildly underestimating how brutal the transition will be. Post-labor is not a policy problem. It is the biggest meaning crisis in human history. And we are walking straight into it.

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