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British organisation committed to finding practical solutions to social challenges
Basic Income smoothes work transitions whilst providing security in an age of potentially rapid technological change
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Implement a universal basic income
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AI Verified The quote is directly about basic income as a policy and gives a clear supportive rationale for it ('smoothes work transitions' and 'providing security'), which matches support for implementing a universal basic income. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
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AI Verified The quote presents Basic Income positively, saying it "smoothes work transitions" and provides "security," which is a clear argument in favor of it. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago

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AI Verified The sentence appears verbatim in the Medium article at the supplied URL (which now redirects to the same piece) as a pull quote and again in the body text. The article’s byline is 'The RSA', and the same wording also appears in the official RSA PDF version of the report; that PDF credits Anthony Painter and Chris Thoung as the report authors. One caveat: the source is dated December 3, 2015 / December 2015, not 2016. ([medium.com](https://medium.com/rsa-reports/creative-citizen-creative-state-a3cef3f25775)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Unverifiable Cannot verify the exact quote text from the source URL. The Medium URL (medium.com/rsa-reports/creative-citizen-creative-state-a3cef3f25775) is blocked by the network proxy, as is thersa.org and other mirror sites. However, secondary analysis suggests the quote is plausible: the RSA did publish "Creative Citizen, Creative State" (Dec 2015) advocating for UBI, and the quote's language about smoothing work transitions amid technological change aligns with the report's known arguments. The vote direction ("for" on "Implement a universal basic income") is correct. The author attribution to the Royal Society of Arts is consistent with the report. Marking as ai_unverifiable because the exact quote text could not be confirmed from the source. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 3mo ago
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