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by pooper 1384 days ago
> This punishes work.

No, it does not. I wouldn't call it a punishment. It forces people to rethink their priorities. Something about extrinsic motivation vs intrinsic motivation. What motivates you to get out of bed in the morning and do something?

I think UBI will open up a lot of vacancies and will do wonders in improving quality of life for workers who do want to do the job. Sure, the economy might contract a little but I don't think ordinary people like me need to worry about that.

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> Sure, the economy might contract a little but I don't think ordinary people like me need to worry about that

Sure it would be just those “un-ordinary” people who have to to deal with the resulting stagflation and don’t really have the elite income generating job skills to be able to afford how much it costs to feed their family.

But I am sure they will continue to provide the manual labor needed to run our society…or they can just learn to code.