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@yourbasicincome
The idea of basic income still just floors me. I think most people have no idea how life-changing it would be.
For an example, I’m probably disabled. I run an in-home daycare in part because it’s one of the jobs that I can do, despite my messed up back and feet. The hours, unfortunately, are...
What would you do with your basic income?
Josh R. answers the question, "What would you do with a basic income?"
... he managed to be considered an "In home care provider", which means he effectively get's paid by the government to do what he was doing anyway; Living with his grandma. This is as much of a one-person Basic Income experiment as I can imagine.
First thing I noticed is his happiness seemed to improve. He was no longer just existing. He was able to fund what fueled him, and he could follow his passions. He became more productive artistically, and started getting some exposure among minor Youtube celebrities, who would often commission him for banners, splash screens, avatars, and in one instance a Spleunky mod...
Reddit user "eightbitbeard" describes how his friend basically started getting a basic income and how it affected his life.
Imagine our world with true social justice and equality. Universal basic income, universal healthcare, and free public education through post graduate level.
What would you do?
Would you create art? (music, writing, sculpture, painting, etc)
Would you tinker or invent things?
Would you...
What would you do?
Hi Reddit, TLDR: I would still work if given a basic income. I had a "basic income" for 4 months of just a few pounds an hour above minimum wage...
A German Guy Wants to Give You a Bunch of Money for Doing Nothing
What would happen if we didn’t have to worry about making a living anymore? Would people just sit on their asses all day or actually do something meaningful with their lives? Michael Bohmeyer, a 29-year-old founder of a tech startup in Berlin, wanted to find out.
After he stopped working earlier this year to live off the $1,300 he makes from his startup each month, Bohmeyer says his life has radically changed. So he started “My Basic Income”, a new initiative looking to raise enough money to pay someone $1,300 a month for a year, no strings attached.
Through crowdfunding, the initiative has already raised more than the $16,000 goal. On September 18, they’re going to announce the lucky winners of that wad of cash at a party in Berlin.
I spoke to Bohmeyer to find out what he hopes will come of this and how his life has changed now that he doesn’t need to work.
VICE: Would you say you’re a lazy person? Michael Bohmeyer: I’d say that, but I don’t think being lazy is necessarily a bad thing. Other people probably wouldn’t call me lazy. I work a lot—even more so now that I don’t need to work for money. I even discovered a passion for washing the dishes.
You said that having an unconditional basic income has radically altered your life. How so? After I stopped working earlier this year and started living off the approximately $1,300 I get out of my company, I just wanted to put my feet up and do nothing. Instead, I found a crazy drive to do things. I had a million new business ideas, I take care of my daughter, and I work for a local community radio. I buy less shit, I live healthier, and I’m a better boyfriend and father.
Because you have more time for your girlfriend and daughter? Because I’m more laid-back. The pressure is gone. My working conditions were great even before, because I was running my own company and could pretty much do what I want. But making money was tied to conditions. Now, I do everything I do because I want to—and all of a sudden it’s twice as much fun.
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What would you do if you got this?
Exploring a future welfare state
When Sheffield Equality Group considered how to combine informing public attitudes to welfare alongside researching alternatives, Basic Income was an easy choice.
Some interesting polling data here when people were asked about basic income and the decisions they would make with it.
"Basic Income Everywhere" - a short video
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Let's help dispel a frightening potential side effect of BI: everyone will play video games or watch Springer all day. While this isn't necessarily a huge problem (there's no telling whether $x/mo is enough for cable, and why care if people watch Springer all day?), I'm certain your average Joe has better ideas. What would you do if your basic needs were provided for?
Join the ongoing discussion of Basic Income on Reddit.
What I see in global brain is a world of abundance. A world where every single human has all of their basic needs met. The global goal, is to have shelter, food, water, etc. abundance for everyone. As we get closer to the 2020s this will become a necessity in the developed world. Why? Advancing ICT is going to take every single job that does’t require education. Bus drivers? Computers. Grocery story clerks? Computers. Your local barista? Computers. Janitors? Probably computers. The result? First, as it says in the article, a healthy economy does not necessarily mean everyone has a job. Second, every single person now needs higher education. Higher education is going to become a right in the same way public primary and secondary school became a right throughout the industrial period. And if that’s the situation we are heading towards, we need to make sure that no one is worried about rent and food. The thing is, we already live in countries where no one should have to worry about rent and food. This isn’t 1950. Our societies are massively productive. We live in abundance. It just isn’t allocated properly because the system is fucked and unequal and the board is rigged against all of us who don’t have hundreds of millions of dollars. So yes, there should be a Universal Basic Income (UBI). Will some people do nothing? Yes, that’s already the case. Does that matter? No it doesn’t. What will most people do? They will get an education and do things that they genuinely enjoy with their life. Could be anything in the arts, sciences, maths, entertainment, athletics, etc. Things humans actually like doing with their life. For people like me, and a lot of other people in my generation who have educations but are in constant economic instability, this current economy is destroying our early lives and enslaving us with school and credit card debt. If I didn’t have to worry about rent or food, I could write far more academic articles, blog posts, invest money in online video, perhaps build a company related to evolutionary science education, etc. There are a ton of things I want to do. Not only does rent prevent me from doing them, but it prevents me from investing in myself. But it’s everyone. How amazing would society be if everyone was able to explore the things that make humans so special in the first place? There are so many bright people who don’t try and make something of themselves because of their economic circumstance. Because school costs too much, or because their scared of losing their crappy dead-end job, because there are no jobs at all. Universal Basic Income is the right step towards a better society.
—theadvancedapes, from www.hubski.com (via mixlunar)
The Necessities of the Soul
thought I just had about universal basic income
one thing everyone always asks is well would you carry on doing your job? if not who will? someone needs to do these jobs and if there’s no real meaningful remuneration for them anymore it would be hard to fill the roles etc.
and with my job at...
The Basic Income... The advantage of having it seems pretty obvious. But how is this going to change our lives?
Basic income meme
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