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UBI will create the conditions for more suicides. Work can create purpose. UBI alone would strengthen the family unit and reduce external relationships.

• ben-schaaf 7y ago
  > UBI will create the conditions for more suicides. Work can create purpose. I completely agree, but isn't a major motivation behind UBI a lack of job availability due to automation?
• BigJono 7y ago
  It's not hard to find purpose in life that doesn't revolve around sitting at a desk doing fuck all and pretending to work for 40 hours a week. People will still work. Whether it's to get a leg up from the baseline or because it's something their passionate about, nothing will stop people from banding together to solve common goals. The current state of work is just a really shitty abstraction over that. I would have thought software engineers of all people would understand that.
  • wolco 7y ago
    That world doesn't and won't exist for most. In places where jobs are being lost and no one works people band together for crime more than innovation. The common goal being additional money. If you look at the wealthiest innovation is not what they do with there freetime either. Innovation requires motivation. Innovation requires resources.
    • Dylan16807 7y ago
      > In places where jobs are being lost and no one works people band together for crime more than innovation. The common goal being additional money. Because they're being thrown into poverty with no way out. The problem is not ennui. > If you look at the wealthiest Yeah sure, but UBI isn't going to make everyone multimillionaires.