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Pay me enough to live without working and I will quit my job and work on a moonshot startup/interesting tech all day. Most likely nothing will come of it, but I
by greatpostman 5y ago
Pay me enough to live without working and I will quit my job and work on a moonshot startup/interesting tech all day. Most likely nothing will come of it, but I won’t be working
- kevingadd 5y agoIs that a typo? You just said you'll be working, then said you won't be working
- goldenkey 5y agoHe'd be in what capitalists like to call a "quantitative supercommission."
- nightski 5y agoIt's pretty clear to me he meant working on someone else's payroll.
- european321 5y agoNo, I think they said that they think that "working" towards an idea, a moonshot, wouldn't feel like working
- MarkLowenstein 5y agoI'm with you. If I got basic income I would absolutely quit work and not go back. The burden is now on these researchers to find at least two people who would go to work only if basic income were instituted, to balance us out.
- travisb 5y agoI'd also stop working, though instead of working on a moonshot I'd go camping, work on my garden, and spend long days playing games with friends and family. There is a qualitative difference between needing to spend 40+ hours a week to sustain yourself versus spending 0 hours. If one need to spend those hours anyways it makes sense to maximize the income from doing so. It may take a generation, but I think most people would eventually come to the conclusion that the rat race isn't worth it when zero hours is an option.