Is a basic universal income for all the next logical step for humanity?

As automation reduces the need for human labour, some Silicon Valley executives think a universal income is the answer. Annie Lowrey looks at the beta test happening in Kenya.

The village is poor, even by the standards of rural Kenya. To get there, you follow a power line along a series of unmarked roads.

Eventually, that power line connects to the school at the centre of town, the sole building with electricity. Homesteads fan out into the hilly bramble.