Starting this week, two-thousand unemployed Finns will be part of a social experiment that promises to be watched across the world. Finland will become the first European government to pay its unemployed an unconditional monthly sum (basic income). “The income will replace their existing social benefits and will be paid even if they find work.”

+ One of the reasons interest in basic income is so high is because automation is rapidly replacing workers. And it’s not just blue collar workers. From Quartz: Japanese white-collar workers are already being replaced by artificial intelligence.