[odonnellryan]

I wouldn't say no one is pursuing it. I think it just has yet to become considered as a real possibility for many.

I believe there may be a certain point in the development of society where there has to be a shift from the economic/capitalist model into a model based on human betterment or an effort directly focused on increased capability to sustain and improve our quality of living.

Capitalism worked to get us where we are, but I don't believe it will get us to where we want to be. It improved quality of life and was necessary to develop our current resources. Now we may be able to use those resources to directly model our lives and improve upon their quality.

[wlievens]

But without a personal incentive, nobody will want to do the stuff that isn't fun, or is very risky. How about that?

[pfranz]

You seem to be implying that cash/capitalism is the only incentive. People are still becoming teachers, aid workers, and pursuing the arts even though the financial incentives are terrible. All of those fields aren't all fun and can be risky endeavors.

Let's say we have a basic income. There will probably be less maids so people will have to spend more of their own time cleaning. Your office might have less janitors, part of your job might be to empty trash outside. Maids and janitors will still be around. Their roles would be diminished and they'll just get paid more.

We don't have a purely capitalistic model right now. Whatever we move toward won't be a "pure" anything, either.

[mkr-hn]

Those jobs aren't different from any other. Some people enjoy installing and maintaining septic systems.

[wlievens]

I don't actually mean particular jobs, bur rather that 20% of any job that everyone hates. Almost no job on earth is fun 100% of the time.

But if I were to bail on the part of my job that I don't like, my end users will be pissed off. So I do all of it because I get paid okay.

[odonnellryan]

The personal incentive is that we could all live better lives. We have the means and the capability to directly improve quality of life, rather than gaining capital to trade it for quality of life.