Patreon is great, the only thing is that we shouldn't need a middleman that takes a cut. But insofar as teaching people a new behavior, it's wonderful. It will

Patreon is great, the only thing is that we shouldn't need a middleman that takes a cut. But insofar as teaching people a new behavior, it's wonderful. It will take a decentralized identity management solution to move past that. Something like uPort[0]. To the second point - we are already probably at a level where basic needs could be met with relative ease, given the will[1]. [0] https://www.uport.me/ https://www.uport.me/ [1] http://mashable.com/2014/07/07/google-founders-interview-khosla/#DmUjusurh5q3 http://mashable.com/2014/07/07/google-founders-interview-kho... etc.