if work gets offloaded then less jobs, less spending, less consumerism, less corporate income on commercial goods, tax deflation since there's no point in taxing the income you are giving? ## Canada - https://ubi.works/ I'm not too knowledgeable in the financial projections that they provided but it's interesting how this is possible and has gone this far ## Benefits - less desperation leads to less of a need to overlook human moralities - give people a chance to take risks because of the safety net - you have less focus on survival and more on [[Growth Mindset]] - i would be so down for UBI just so I can fully focus on helping people ## Criticisms - If it's only a basic income you would have just enough to survive, so then you would still have to work to have luxuries - Would it actually motivate people to do things? - it would personally motivate me since I can focus less about finances and more on exploring my curiosities and passions, but I think it is also easy for people to abuse it - [personal anecdotes](https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/s/IVDpB2SHo2) advocating for how earning money for survival can help people focus on their education - possible exploitation could be sharing a house and having 2K per person