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CGP Grey's 'Humans Need Not Apply': A Solution

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CGP Grey's 'Humans Need Not Apply': A Solution

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English 0:00YouTuber CGP Grey has created a very sobering video that predicts a not-so-distant future 0:05where robots and other automated systems take away many American workers’ jobs, leaving 0:10the country with an unemployment rate that will make the Great Depression look like the 0:13economic golden years. It’s a problem many of us have seen coming in various degrees, 0:17but the way CGP systematically lays it out in a clean, easily watchable viral video should 0:22help to create a national conversation about a huge problem that we’re about to run face 0:26first into. 0:28One possible solution is the idea of a guaranteed minimum income for all Americans, as explained 0:33by MIT Professor Andrew McAfee in a TED Talk. 0:58You 1:15can watch both McAfee’s talk and CGP Grey’s amazing video piece back at our website, TDCvideo.com, 1:20linked on the screen and down below. 1:22Leave me a comment below, and you can help this idea spread by sharing this video. Thanks 1:28for watching. For The Daily Conversation, I’m Bryce Plank.

Published on Aug 14, 2014 CGP Grey's video 'Humans Need Not Apply' presents an eye-opening problem, that robots will soon make many American workers unemployable. One possible solution has been outlined in a TED talk by Andrew McAfee: a guaranteed minimum income for all Americans. Watch CGP Grey's video: http://www.tdcvideo.com/robot-future-... Watch Andrew McAfee's TED talk: http://www.tdcvideo.com/thrive-new-ma... Subscribe to TDC: https://www.youtube.com/TheDailyConve... You'll love our website: http://www.tdcvideo.com/ Like our page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/thedailyconve... Join us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/1001349258045... Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/thedailyconvo Music: 'Rising' by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... 'Humans Need Not Apply' 'CGP Grey' Category News & Politics License Standard YouTube License SHOW LESS COMMENTS • 249