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that's a simplistic analysis that doesn't really capture the whole effect a universal basic income might have. For one, with a livable basic income, the value o
by rpearl 8y ago
that's a simplistic analysis that doesn't really capture the whole effect a universal basic income might have. For one, with a livable basic income, the value of housing shifts somewhat--since there's not essentially a requirement to have a job, the demand for housing-near-jobs changes. It is hard to predict exactly what direction that might shift in.
The competitive environment around an artistic endeavor changes too--you have the ability to experiment and fail and not be forced out entirely, since you can fall back and change things up without having to worry about finding a job. And it might not be the case that everyone looking for a creative outlet is looking to make it into a living.
- iguy 8y agoIndeed, UBI is uncharted territory, so it's not obvious what would happen. I only meant that we should be very cautious about extrapolating. I'm not convinced that the changes in competition would be in the direction you mention. It could be that even more people would like to live in Vancouver, if only their jobs weren't keeping them elsewhere. It could also be that the artistic environment is more about competition for audience, and for status, than about creative outlet. As a datapoint, the world of the '80s had lots of small-time newspaper photographers, and commercial photographers, most serving a local market. The world of the '10s instead has instagram stars, and is in some sense much more competitive, much more unequal in terms of who gets their work seen.