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Andrew Yang\u2019s 2020 presidential campaign\u00a0was based on a\u00a0warning that automation and AI would hollow out the labor market and concentrate wealth in the hands of a few. At the time, ideas like Universal Basic Income felt fringe. Now Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Bernie Sanders are all\u00a0saying versions<\/a>\u00a0of the same thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n An entrepreneur at heart, Yang has found a new way to put money back into the hands of the people\u00a0\u2014\u00a0one phone bill at a time. On this episode of TechCrunch\u2019s\u00a0Equity<\/a>\u00a0podcast, Rebecca Bellan talks to Yang about\u00a0his\u00a0startup\u00a0Noble Mobile<\/a>, which pays you to use your phone less, ways to combat the\u00a0\u201cattention economy,\u201d\u00a0and what startups can do when the government\u00a0won\u2019t\u00a0move.\u00a0<\/p>\n Subscribe to Equity on YouTube<\/a>, Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Overcast<\/a>, Spotify<\/a> and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X<\/a> and Threads<\/a>, at @EquityPod.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n