I held off responding because I wasn't aware of this. I needed to research after your mentioning involvement in UBI research. Yes, my views of SV are shaped by

I held off responding because I wasn't aware of this. I needed to research after your mentioning involvement in UBI research. Yes, my views of SV are shaped by internet media, business acquisition coverage, comments here at YC news, and conventions I attend. So no, I don't live in the 'Valley per se, but have at least some understanding of it. If I cite correctly, I found these as the UBI discussions YC is funding? https://blog.ycombinator.com/basic-income https://blog.ycombinator.com/basic-income https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10982340 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10982340 http://www.fastcoexist.com/3056510/why-silicon-valleys-leading-startup-incubator-wants-to-research-basic-income http://www.fastcoexist.com/3056510/why-silicon-valleys-leadi... http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/27/technology/y-combinator-basic-income-research/ http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/27/technology/y-combinator-basi... So, yes, it does seem that YC is continuing the underlying research on what it would take to implement UBI. That's awesome! Unfortunately, the negative comments towards "Silicon Valley and the VCs" was that: a larger discussion. I'm not meaning this to be a "YC sux" kind of discussion. That goes nowhere. I'm sincerely glad you (and YC) are getting into this tough area. But you seem rather alone in that regard. The Guardian puts it well, with this article (Feb 2016): http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/28/silicon-valley-basic-income http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/28/silicon... So, to keep this constructive, what can the members of the (tech enlightened) public do to help? Have other organizations (for and non-profit) entered into talks to assist with your UBI research?