Im half expecting the appearance of virtual people any day. Basically cooperate sponsored UBI - but for bots, so they can buy virtual goods and services, finally decoupling the economy from the desert of the real.

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grues-dinner 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

"Societies" (YC25) seems like a good first step! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44755654

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weikju 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

That is sadly a likely outcome. An evolution of the companies forcing/encouraging employees to buy the company’s goods.

	▲	askonomm 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		Does that mean that Company Towns are coming back?