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>somebody to really needs that job. That somebody would not "really need that job" because they would be guaranteed a basic income no matter what in a real wor
by GigabyteCoin 11y ago
>somebody to really needs that job.
That somebody would not "really need that job" because they would be guaranteed a basic income no matter what in a real world scenario.
- fragsworth 11y agoI think you misinterpreted things. Re-read the original comment
- rktjmp 11y agoYeah, but their point is its not really a real world scenario. Since the other person, who's not taking part in the study, wont receive a basic income, the person in the study might feel morally required to give up their job potential job to the person who really needs it, which means the results of the study will be inconclusive.
- s73v3r 11y agoAre they even going to know who else is participating in the study, and who else is applying for their jobs? When you go apply for a job, do you find out who else applied, and decide if any of them "need" the job more than you?
- gommm 11y agoNo, what vog means I think is that if A receives basic income competes with someone B who doesn't receive basic income (because only 250 people gets it in that test), then the moral thing to do from A's point of view is to voluntarily lose to B since B needs it more than he does. So having a small sample set in a big city invalidates part of the experience since the situation is very different from what would really happen if everyone had a guaranteed minimal income.
- tremon 11y agoThere are other reasons to "really need a job" though. Self-realization, fulfillment, social coherence come to mind. Or are those factors of happiness reserved only for the 1%?
- mtsr 11y agoYeah, seems like as good a time as any to pull out Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs.
- pizza 11y agohttp://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/169/does-evidence-support-maslows-hierarchy-of-needs http://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/169/does-evidence-...
- wavefunction 11y agoThe 1% are perennially unhappy, or why else should they spread their misery to the rest? A koan, of sorts, rough-shod and ill-fitted, yet perfectly shaped for the game.