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"This sounds great, I haven't had any time off since I was 21 through 24!" - Phillip J Fry Seriously though, I'd wager the vast majority, if not all of the wor
by Dagwoodie 11y ago
"This sounds great, I haven't had any time off since I was 21 through 24!" - Phillip J Fry
Seriously though, I'd wager the vast majority, if not all of the world's greatest inventions of the last millenium came not from those who inherited great wealth but those who had to struggle, worry, pray and perhaps cry about their fate before their survival instincts threw their imagination and determination into overdrive. UBI on the face of it seems like a noble idea but we are far too confident in what we think we know about the human spirit and our own nature to on average, try to follow the path of least resistance. It can certainly work well in small groups that have strong moral and ethical backbones but I fear it will ruin a land's people in direct proportion to how far it tries to implement it.
- Tossrock 11y agoGalileo's father was essentially a famous renaissance rock star. Newton was the son of a wealthy farmer. Leibniz's and Lord Kelvin's fathers were both professors. Maxwell's father was a baronet, and Werner von Braun's father was a literal duke. Turing was from upper middle class english gentry. Larry and Sergei went to Montessori school.
- drewrv 11y agoHow many more of the worlds greatest inventions (and works of art, and many other things) would we have if people were free to follow their passions, particularly the millions in poverty who have no means to support themselves while they pursue brilliant ideas?