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Exactly. The problem is more deeply rooted in the human condition namely fear and envy. Yes, the average Joe doesn’t want an immigrant taking his job but main

Exactly. The problem is more deeply rooted in the human condition namely fear and envy. Yes, the average Joe doesn’t want an immigrant taking his job but mainly the average Joe doesn’t want to feel as if he’s below average. “People are not, for example, terribly anxious to be equal (equal, after all, to what and to whom?) but they love the idea of being superior.” -James Baldwin

loceng 6y ago
What if the fear is real though - fear of survival - how is that a problem in itself? With Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - if base needs are met the envy-jealousy-anger will turn into inspiration, as one example. To copy/paste what my other reply said: And this ties into a problem that Eric Weinstein is trying to bring attention to that the whole of society importing talent/allowing them to tap into the network and stability should be getting a dividend from that talent's produce, along with the misunderstanding that it's technology and automation taking jobs away. The main part of the solution is UBI - or as Andrew Yang calls it, a Freedom Dividend - citizens as shareholders.
- jollofricepeas 6y ago
  That’s a rather simplistic view. For one, your base needs might be food and shelter but within Average Joe’s social circle his base needs may be... - Ford F-150 - Cable TV - Time for hobbies - NASCAR tickets UBI doesn’t solve for people’s need to be superior. Solution: Cap executive pay and return more shareholder value/wealth to employees. You’re not going to achieve equality but you can make sure that more wealth is returned to society while preserving their need for superiority. “The bottom 80% of Americans own 8% of stock market wealth and the bottom half own essentially zero.” - Andrew Yang
  - loceng 6y ago
    UBI will help curb early suffering that leads to most people's minds and hearts not being open, where they find unhealthy coping mechanisms to feel better - such as the need to feel superior because they have low to no self-esteem (internal vs. external). Otherwise there is a path to healing old trauma to undo such ego mind coping mechanisms.

loceng 6y ago

What if the fear is real though - fear of survival - how is that a problem in itself? With Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - if base needs are met the envy-jealousy-anger will turn into inspiration, as one example. To copy/paste what my other reply said: And this ties into a problem that Eric Weinstein is trying to bring attention to that the whole of society importing talent/allowing them to tap into the network and stability should be getting a dividend from that talent's produce, along with the misunderstanding that it's technology and automation taking jobs away. The main part of the solution is UBI - or as Andrew Yang calls it, a Freedom Dividend - citizens as shareholders.

jollofricepeas 6y ago
That’s a rather simplistic view. For one, your base needs might be food and shelter but within Average Joe’s social circle his base needs may be... - Ford F-150 - Cable TV - Time for hobbies - NASCAR tickets UBI doesn’t solve for people’s need to be superior. Solution: Cap executive pay and return more shareholder value/wealth to employees. You’re not going to achieve equality but you can make sure that more wealth is returned to society while preserving their need for superiority. “The bottom 80% of Americans own 8% of stock market wealth and the bottom half own essentially zero.” - Andrew Yang
- loceng 6y ago
  UBI will help curb early suffering that leads to most people's minds and hearts not being open, where they find unhealthy coping mechanisms to feel better - such as the need to feel superior because they have low to no self-esteem (internal vs. external). Otherwise there is a path to healing old trauma to undo such ego mind coping mechanisms.