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>"If every citizen received some minimum universal basic income, what might we do with our time instead of going to jobs we hate?" I think you need to quantify
by zo1 12y ago
>"If every citizen received some minimum universal basic income, what might we do with our time instead of going to jobs we hate?"
I think you need to quantify what you mean by that. It seems that every time I hear this UBI idea being defended with a sentence similar to the one you made, the tone set implies that something "beneficial" will happen that does not because they go do jobs they "hate".
I.e. If we free ourselves from going to work we will... And then insert anything from "do art", "be creative", "come up with novel ways to improve the world", or something of the like.
(Feel free to correct me there, but that seems to be the implicit argument/idea behind that sentence you made)
- jchrisa 12y agoYes. If everyone had the privilege to laze around like I do, I can guarantee there would be more startups / art / culture.