😀 Tom An extended reply to #19256: Personally, I would love an income where I didn't have to work for money so I could focus on personal development and pursue a few creative endeavours. But here's a thought that I just had: people are still free to work for more money (and people will have to otherwise where does the money for basic incomes come from), so fewer people will work (exact percentage unknown), so would that increase wealth unequality that so many people are concerned about? Even with a basic income, people will still think it's "unfair" and want their money that they didn't work for.

🏒 Lucian Marin Sam Altman of Y Combinator is already starting to test the idea: blog.ycombinator.c... -- guess where it come from...

😀 Tom "We're looking for one researcher who wants to work full-time on this project for 5 years" "Would you commit to this for the next 5 years?" "(Answering no ... does not disqualify you)" Intersting...