On: Basic income vs. Capitalism

[noonespecial]

Well said, but I'd like to add that he is then also capable of working for himself at less than a "living wage", for reasons like "higher purpose" (charity), expected future returns (ie startups), or simple enjoyment.

This sounds like a huge win for mankind in general. It seems like it would be extremely difficult to get there from here, but if software and robots do indeed have the capacity edge out traditional scarcity, it looks like we should start planning the trip.

[steveklabnik → noonespecial]

How many people who love Open Source but need a job to pay bills would be just building software for the rest of humanity if they could?

[yaddayadda → steveklabnik]

I regret that I have but one vote to increase your comment!