RE: Universal Basic Income is our future, at least according to Mark Zuckerberg
golem ["will?"] do this as well. the scenario about the mining is still sci-fi. heck it is like asking today someone to mind btc on their cellphone. the tasks won't be so easy to accomplish — and if they are — the rewards will be minimal.
something like "watch an ad and earn 0.01 cents" that we have today. again. it is not wise to speculate with "what ifs" when we already have technology and innovation and still weren't be able to implement BUI.
The problem is not technological. it is economic. it has to do with how humans perceive and create value. As long as people want to remain individuals with unique characteristics BUI cannot happen. it is against evolution itself. this is the same reason why communism failed and why we revert back to awesome capitalism. we like the pyramid. we like the A sexy instead of B. we are selfish and want to propagate OUR genes. This is what all comes down to. human nature.