[yummyfajitas]

Regarding 2) and 3), my proposed "Basic Job" provides that. Everyone will be eligible for the Basic Job, including the formerly self employed and the unlucky, and no one needs to worry about survival.

As for 1) and 4), you seem to believe that there are a huge number of budding Linus Torvald's out in the world, being held down by their corporate 9-5 job. I think that's bunk.

If you think I'm wrong, you should be able to prove it easily. Many people do have some variant on basic income: NYC teachers in the rubber rooms, auto workers in the no-job banks, not to mention the vast European welfare class. Could you point out to me some contributions to the open source world from such people?

[gmlk]

No, not everyone does things that makes them famous. To be productive does not require one to either get payed or be famous, one can be quite productive and still not get payed enough and at the same time remain nearly anonymous.

Still, people like to do stuff they are passionate about?

The only thing that kills passion is struggling to survive. Scarcity eliminates options, reduces freedom, and it forces people to go into a survival mode, leaning powerlessness. Nothing good can come from this. People who struggle to survive will not have the time or energy to look for better employment or to build their own business.

To have a purpose without resources does not realize much. And if all your time is wasted to survive nothing gets done. People often confuse scarcity with necessity? Something might be very necessary but without sufficient resources innovation is impossible. Necessity is the father of invention and abundance is her mother?

History shows that shared abundance gives peace, freedom, and individual autonomy Abundance with purpose gave us enlightenment, abundance with necessity gave us innovation.