This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andrew Yang, a 50-year-old entrepreneur based in New York City. It has been edited for length and clarity. Most people know me as a presidential candidate from 2020, when I ran on the expectation that AI would eat our jobs, creating a need for a universal basic income . I withdrew in February 2020, after the New Hampshire primary. I'm now the cofounder and CEO of Noble Mobile , a way for millions of Americans to get cellular data at closer