Andrew Yang's Presidential Bid Is So Very 21st Century

It's probably fair to say that in the history of politicking, few politicians have publicly declared what to do about America's crumbling malls, or how to provide free marriage counseling for all, or how to make filing taxes fun. But Andrew Yang, who's gunning to be the Democratic presidential candidate in 2020, certainly has--and those are the more minor concerns among a dizzying list of 80 policy positions on his campaign website. It's an indication that Yang is running a rather methodical, data-driven, science-happy campaign. He's applying that approach to more standard issue problems, like labor, climate change, and the economy, but giving them a decidedly tech-forward approach: how (and why) we should define robots, what use might geoengineering have in saving the planet, and should the government embrace universal basic income and give every American a $1,000 check. Yang talked with WIRED about all this and more in a recent interview.