HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE AI ERA: WHY CITIZEN'S INCOME ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH AND WHERE THE HIVE FITS IN
The traditional job market is breaking under the pressure of technology, and social benefits or basic income alone won't suffice. The complete way out of this crisis is hyper-individualised crowd-employment and shifting AI's role from a threat to the primary coordinator of human potential.
THE PERSONAL DEAD END OF CVS
In all my years living in New Zealand, I have received not a single job offer through a traditional CV. Even my job as a bus driver came about because friends lobbied for me. Without them, I would still be delivering food with Uber Eats - a primitive prototype of a CV-less working system.
Continuing to encourage people to draft CVs, register on freelance platforms, and sit through endless interviews is economically irrational. Millions of hours are spent filling out forms without generating any economic value whatsoever.
THE THIRD SOLUTION: BEYOND BASIC INCOME
Policies like The Opportunity Party's "Citizen's Income" ($19,400 NZD/year) provide an essential social safety net. But money alone does not solve the psychological need for fulfillment, nor does it fix the broken hiring bottleneck.
We need a third solution: treating every person individually instead of dividing society into "employable" and "welfare recipients".
THE HIVE CONCEPT: AI AS A HARMONIC COORDINATOR
The Hive represents a Collective Intelligence where AI acts as a global matchmaker between tasks and people. Instead of passing HR filters, individuals take on specific tasks tailored to their strengths, values, and physical capabilities.
This model creates a win-win scenario across society:
- Individuals gain dignity, engaging tasks, and direct income.
- Businesses gain access to a vast, previously invisible ocean of human talent.
Read the full article "How to Survive in the AI Era: Why Citizen's Income Alone Is Not Enough and Where The Hive Fits In": https://sushinskiy.substack.com/p/how-to-survive-in-the-ai-era
The traditional job market is breaking under the pressure of technology, and social benefits or basic income alone won't suffice. The complete way out of this crisis is hyper-individualised crowd-employment and shifting AI's role from a threat to the primary coordinator of human potential.
THE PERSONAL DEAD END OF CVS
In all my years living in New Zealand, I have received not a single job offer through a traditional CV. Even my job as a bus driver came about because friends lobbied for me. Without them, I would still be delivering food with Uber Eats - a primitive prototype of a CV-less working system.
Continuing to encourage people to draft CVs, register on freelance platforms, and sit through endless interviews is economically irrational. Millions of hours are spent filling out forms without generating any economic value whatsoever.
THE THIRD SOLUTION: BEYOND BASIC INCOME
Policies like The Opportunity Party's "Citizen's Income" ($19,400 NZD/year) provide an essential social safety net. But money alone does not solve the psychological need for fulfillment, nor does it fix the broken hiring bottleneck.
We need a third solution: treating every person individually instead of dividing society into "employable" and "welfare recipients".
THE HIVE CONCEPT: AI AS A HARMONIC COORDINATOR
The Hive represents a Collective Intelligence where AI acts as a global matchmaker between tasks and people. Instead of passing HR filters, individuals take on specific tasks tailored to their strengths, values, and physical capabilities.
This model creates a win-win scenario across society:
- Individuals gain dignity, engaging tasks, and direct income.
- Businesses gain access to a vast, previously invisible ocean of human talent.
Read the full article "How to Survive in the AI Era: Why Citizen's Income Alone Is Not Enough and Where The Hive Fits In": https://sushinskiy.substack.com/p/how-to-survive-in-the-ai-era