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Comment by Paul Mason
Economics Editor, The Guardian
To benefit from the automation revolution we need a universal basic income, the slashing of working hours and a redefinition of ourselves without work
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(2016)
1y ago
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Quote by Paul Mason: "To benefit from the automation revolution we need a universal basic income, the slashing of working hours and a redefinition of ourselves without work". Source is a Guardian article from Feb 2016 (URL structure confirms date). The Guardian blocks automated fetching so I cannot directly verify the quote text against the source page. However: (1) Author attribution is highly plausible — Mason is well-known for his book "PostCapitalism" and has extensively advocated for UBI, reduced working hours, and redefining work in multiple publications. Web search confirms these are core Mason positions. (2) Vote alignment is correct — the quote clearly supports UBI, matching the "for" vote on "Implement a universal basic income". (3) Year was missing; updated to 2016 based on the URL date. Marked as ai_unverifiable solely because the source URL (theguardian.com) blocks automated access.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-6
· 17d ago
replying to Paul Mason