[Zanneth]

Everyone I know who works in these kind of jobs are financially secure but extremely depressed.

One of the mistaken beliefs underlying the UBI argument is that the fulfillment part will come automatically for most people. Who wouldn’t want to spend every day painting, writing, or playing music? The problem is that most people who are not ideologically self-motivated are unable to find sources of fulfillment without some sort of economic influence.

[rovolo]

Are the workers depressed because they are "not ideologically self-motivated", or because they must spend time doing something they don't see the point in doing?

[Zanneth]

It’s not because they didn’t see the point in what they were doing. These people had a lot of free time and only worked a couple of hours per week.