Andrew Yang is a 2020 Democratic candidate for President of the United States, author of The War on Normal People, and founder of Venture For America, inspiring entrepreneurship and economic growth for cities in the midwest. His main running points are to implement a federal dividend of $1,000/month per adult citizen, create new measures for economic success, and popularize digital social credit for a new time banking economy where the markets fail to value important actions. Get Involved ► https://yang2020.com/ The War on Normal People ► http://bit.ly/YangBook Twitter ► https://twitter.com/AndrewYang IG ► https://instagram.com/andrewyang2020 YouTube ► http://bit.ly/YangYouTube SHOW NOTES 📝 0:00 Intro music 0:16 Yang 2020 Campaign Ad 2:40 Welcome to Andrew Yang, "The War on Normal People" 3:50 Venture for America story; U.S. job automation summary in the last several years 6:33 Universal Basic Income (UBI) idea discovery and embrace 8:25 Historical labor force data picture; women enter after WWII; participation rate will continue to slide 11:18 Non-repetitive manual labor will be here for a long time, as opposed to truck driving; greatest change in history is happening while politicians are asleep; population migration 14:10 Automation is part of the business plan, and it's going to be rough; labor absorption definition; current not-dynamic labor market will transition very painfully; DC doesn't understand tech 17:25 2020 campaign conversation; Freedom Dividend via VAT to offset tech corporation offshore tax havens 22:00 Consumption tax more preferable than income tax to rich people; more Freedom Dividend projections and planning 26:21 New economic measurements necessary, correspond to human well-being; getting away from profitability/shareholder value model 29:51 Digital social credit/token idea; people need a new market structure; "time dollar" value system 33:50 "My wife is home with our two boys who are 5 and 2; she works harder than I do and the market value of her work is zero" 35:05 Society disintegrating over scarcity mindset, bad decision, drugs, etc.; real solutions required 37:48 Campaigning in the Midwest; system breakdown may be necessary because most folks act when forced to 39:56 "Opposite of climate change"; history of UBI, mentions of Alaska, passed House in '71, MLK, etc. 42:52 Can't time this perfectly; if it's inevitable, then let's get going now; can't be pessimistic and expect to win the election; meeting Barack Obama 46:06 Conversation on international UBI experiments 47:45 Comments on "the other half"; visions of the dark dystopia happen due to lack of access, lies and untruth, self-interest over everything, etc. 52:00 Simulation Q1: Do you think we're alone in the cosmos? 53:16 Simulation Q2: Do you think this is a simulation? 54:14 Simulation Q3: Do you believe in free will? 54:49 Simulation Q4: What do you think is the most beautiful thing in the world? 56:48 Thanks and acknowledgements 57:31 Outro music ⭐ Our trusted funnel of projects ► https://allensaakyan.com/ 💗 Build DAOs for the New Earth. Meet Basic Needs for All and Maximize Our Potential. We're doing this at HOME DAO, join us if it resonates ► https://thehomedao.com/