Joe Rogan says he believes that “there’s enough money in this country” to support those who lose their jobs to technological advancement. “Just imagine the entire country just gets a free $200,000 a year [per person]; you’re never going to have to worry about food. You’re never going to have to worry about a place to live. You’re good,” Rogan said on his Tuesday podcast. He added: “You’ve got $200,000 a year because everything’s automated and everything’s done by the government, then you’re going to have to find something. You’re going to have to find a purpose.”
The remarks came during Tuesday’s episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” where he spoke with technology mogul Billy Carson, the founder of the aerospace company First Class Space Agency and media firm 4BiddenKnowledge Inc. Carson expressed concerns that while advancements in artificial intelligence and robotics are furthering human potential, the economic impacts could be devastating, with many humans around the world losing their jobs.
Meanwhile, Rogan, whose podcast boasts 14.5 million subscribers on Spotify, laid out a vision that is essentially the communist utopia depicted in the popular science fiction franchise Star Trek, where capitalism and money have been abolished, and the issue of resource scarcity has been overcome.
Despite both Carson and Rogan’s belief that technology-induced communism is just around the corner, recent setbacks experienced by driverless vehicle companies and Elon Musk’s Neuralink suggest that, for now, the Star Trek economy remains in the realm of fiction.
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