This op-ed piece in the Los Angeles Times proposes “a Data Mining Royalties Fund.” According to the author, ” In short, I’m proposing that companies pay a royalty to a permanent federal fund when they mine and sell personal data. From those proceeds would flow a yearly check, similar to Alaska’s permanent fund… Or, said another way, basic guaranteed income.”
Bryan Dean Wright, “Robots are coming for your job,” Los Angeles Times, March 28, 2016
Robot-staffed store in Tokyo
