[bmir-alum-007]

That's a sweeping generalization which presumes far too much. It depends on the person. Some people enjoy monotonous factory work because it removes the burden of thinking. Other people need a manager because they don't want to, or can't, plan the next logical thing. Others need constant variety or don't like being told what to do.

The other issue is that getting paid for a "meaningful job" which doesn't turn a profit is not going to scale. Millions of people suddenly wouldn't work in fast food, farm fields, industrial tanneries or meat processing plants because they're really shitty/dangerous/disgusting jobs. (But I'm sure some scary/crazy people enjoy them.)

And, when people have infinite choices and opportunities, the Paradox of Choice comes in to play and people become even more dissatisfied. See also: Zillions of wealthy housewives in perpetual existential boredom (depression) filling psychology & psychiatry offices.

[scotty79]

I don't think that paradox of choice results in more suffering than not having the choice at all when it comes to having a job.

With basic income you have a bit more choice when it comes to picking a job. You no longer have to restrict yourself to sufficiently paid ones.

[bmir-alum-007]

I don't think you understand the Paradox of Choice or why people love In-n-Out and 2-tiered pricing plans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradox_of_Choice

Also, there are lots of people whom already do things they love. My stepsister is a special ed TA and loves it, but makes peanuts. Would this help her family, absolutely.

With wide-scale deployment, a common issue will be too many people doing all sorts of terrible# crafty work without making something people would actually want to buy like bric-à-brac kitsch shops that wealthy spouses subsidize while having zero foot traffic.

# Terrible because it's far too common for people to make the novice mistake of asking opinion of friends and family whom will say only nice things, and those people to base their perception on those lies.

[Sammi]

> "That's a sweeping generalization which presumes far too much. It depends on the person. Some people enjoy monotonous factory work because it removes the burden of thinking. Other people need a manager because they don't want to, or can't, plan the next logical thing. Others need constant variety or don't like being told what to do."

If you like monotonous factory work, then you are free to choose to do it. There's no problem here. Again, you get to choose what you do yourself.

> "The other issue is that getting paid for a "meaningful job" which doesn't turn a profit is not going to scale. Millions of people suddenly wouldn't work in fast food, farm fields, industrial tanneries or meat processing plants because they're really shitty/dangerous/disgusting jobs. (But I'm sure some scary/crazy people enjoy them.)"

If a job isn't turn a profit and can't pay a decent wage, it means that that job is being out-competed by something else. And risky jobs should pay for the risk involved. If the pay is high enough, then someone will choose it over basic income.

> "And, when people have infinite choices and opportunities, the Paradox of Choice comes in to play and people become even more dissatisfied. See also: Zillions of wealthy housewives in perpetual existential boredom (depression) filling psychology & psychiatry offices."

You don't have infinite choices. You are only good at a few things. Only able to do meaningful work in a few ways. With Basic Income the culture would change. People would start learning about meaningful work. Wealthy housewives would learn to do meaningful work. The culture right now is not helping wealthy housewives, because it says that they should already be happy without meaningful work.