There's no such thing as a free lunch...Really???

I read some articles about employment trends and social welfare reforms during this New Year Holiday.

These articles are quite alarming as they alert me of likely job cuts in near future when Artificial Intelligence (AI) largely or fully replaces human work-force, whether they are white-collars or blue-collars.

The articles also introduce the Universal Basic Income (UBI) system, which has been trialed in some developed countries, are expected to replace the existing social welfare system. To brief, under the UBI governments will pay a flat fee to every adult citizen, regardless of his or her employment status. 

These articles raised quite a few questions about the effectiveness of the UBI. Among those there are two foremost ones:-

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