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> Picture a world where you can walk around New York City and everything you need is falling out of windows onto you. At a moments notice, at the drop of a hat.

by btown 2y ago

> Picture a world where you can walk around New York City and everything you need is falling out of windows onto you. At a moments notice, at the drop of a hat. That's a world I want to live in. That's why I'm teaching you how to do yourself. Remember this as the first place you heard of "Window Shopping." I truly love the concept of pun-driven development (PDD). As a motivating economic principle, a world where every human being has the resources, time, and personal safety to dedicate absurd amounts of their time to inane levels of pun-driven development is perhaps my favorite definition of utopia.

jimnotgym 2y ago
That's the best justification of Universal Income I have seen so far
- DEADMINCE 2y ago
  It can't be the best. It's only one of many positive consequences. Not even a main justification, but only a point of defense for those so irrationally against the concept.
  - baggy_trough 2y ago
    It's a bad idea, so it might well be the best.
skrebbel 2y ago
Pyramid Scheme comes to mind. It’s a scheme (as in, a lisp for purists) which compiles to Solidity, the language backing Ethereum. http://www.michaelburge.us/2017/11/28/write-your-next-ethereum-contract-in-pyramid-scheme.html http://www.michaelburge.us/2017/11/28/write-your-next-ethere...
- joeyrideout 2y ago
  "I Taught My Shrimp to Fry Rice" also comes to mind: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/upgdrBO02Gs https://www.youtube.com/shorts/upgdrBO02Gs
duxup 2y ago
“Hot today, I could go for a cold drink. OH NO!”
cscurmudgeon 2y ago
Sometimes I feel we live in a simulation in a real world a few levels down with universal income or something like that. They got bored so had to forget their existence by creating a simulation (or nested simulations).
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seoulmetro 2y ago
This is probably a bottom of the barrel idea if you took it in that world where everyone can experiment and execute their ideas. Like, this would probably get you put in jail in that world, it's that lame.

by btown 2y ago

jimnotgym 2y ago

That's the best justification of Universal Income I have seen so far

DEADMINCE 2y ago
It can't be the best. It's only one of many positive consequences. Not even a main justification, but only a point of defense for those so irrationally against the concept.
- baggy_trough 2y ago
  It's a bad idea, so it might well be the best.

skrebbel 2y ago

Pyramid Scheme comes to mind. It’s a scheme (as in, a lisp for purists) which compiles to Solidity, the language backing Ethereum. http://www.michaelburge.us/2017/11/28/write-your-next-ethereum-contract-in-pyramid-scheme.html http://www.michaelburge.us/2017/11/28/write-your-next-ethere...

joeyrideout 2y ago
"I Taught My Shrimp to Fry Rice" also comes to mind: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/upgdrBO02Gs https://www.youtube.com/shorts/upgdrBO02Gs

duxup 2y ago

“Hot today, I could go for a cold drink. OH NO!”

cscurmudgeon 2y ago

Sometimes I feel we live in a simulation in a real world a few levels down with universal income or something like that. They got bored so had to forget their existence by creating a simulation (or nested simulations).

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seoulmetro 2y ago

This is probably a bottom of the barrel idea if you took it in that world where everyone can experiment and execute their ideas. Like, this would probably get you put in jail in that world, it's that lame.