welcome to The Universal Basic Income Think Tank (uBit), a nonprofit sharing the pros + cons of Universal Basic Income (UBI). we support research, and share with the broader public.
we exist at a unique point in history when our technology is poised to free us from much labor. yet, the social system hasn’t evolved to accomodate the change.
and, as the world rushes towards automation and AI, policies like UBI will become more important to consider in good faith.
we can keep things the same: maintain an economy of “bullshit” jobs (ala Graeber) to keep people precariously employed in the face of progressive economic disenfranchisement as more job sectors vanish.
or, we can adapt.
in these rapidly changing times, whatever decision we decide on will be the one that we all have to live with. so is a UBI feasible? let’s find out together.
talks
projects
computer programs that simulate communities that receive UBI in
several forms.
practices
funding and running crowdsourced UBI trials to understand the possibilities + retroactions.
we are a registered Canadian non-profit.
donation information about supporting our work is soon to come.