Absolutely! Building on one of your points, if everyone had more freedom to pursue their passion, as a result of the cushion to take risks, the potential benefi

Absolutely! Building on one of your points, if everyone had more freedom to pursue their passion, as a result of the cushion to take risks, the potential benefits to society and culture at large are huge. Science, art, technology, etc.. It's no doubt overly idealistic but I envision it as a new renaissance. One thing is certain: as technology continues to make providing basic needs cheaper and cheaper, we need to come up with some way to give a significant part of that surplus to the masses. The current system will allocate it to the 1% and we can look to science fiction for what happens after that. What I find frustrating personally, living in the US, is the irrationally vehement opposition to the idea. Like universal healthcare, accessible higher education, affordable child care, sane vacation time, reasonable parental leave and etc.. the US will no doubt be decades behind the rest of the world here too.