Scott SantensApr 4, 2024
The narrative around Universal Basic Income often gets twisted into a saga of laziness. But here's food for thought: UBI will be the most significant productivity booster we've yet to embrace. Freed from survival stress, innovation and creativity will flourish like never before.
Show threadapemantusApr 4, 2024

@scottsantens A rather cruel, but in a sense effective hypothesis. Individuals free from competition and survival usually degenerate to tik-tokers. Relaxed, willless, intellectually reduced masses dependent on centralized resource distributors will be a great gift for witty, innovative, creative technofascists, megacorps, dictators.

#neodarwinism #bravenewworld #huxleyandystopia

Show threadFlamekebabApr 5, 2024
@apemantus @scottsantens using works of speculative fiction when hard data exists to the contrary seems inadvisable.
Show threadapemantus
@Flamekebab @scottsantens Would appreciate hard data on innovation and creativity flourishing among dependents.
Apr 5, 2024 at 1:44pmWeb
Show threadFlamekebabApr 5, 2024
@apemantus @scottsantens whilst I've only ever read the synopses that sounds like precisely the findings of some of the UBI studies that have been done. I'm not doing the legwork to find them but I'm fairly sure there's a selection in the parent thread.
Show threadapemantusApr 5, 2024
@Flamekebab @scottsantens “Do your own research,” classic. Thanks for the input.
Show threadFlamekebabApr 5, 2024

@apemantus @scottsantens You referenced *actual fiction* to support your argument and have the gall to be dismissive when called on it?

I said there are studies, actual research. Not some random conspiracy theory nonsense on YouTube.

Here, I'll get you started:
https://www.thersa.org/globalassets/reports/rsa_basic_income_20151216.pdf

There.

If you want more then I'm sure you can operate a search engine as I've certainly no interest in engaging with you further.