Scott SantensMay 13, 2024
Universal basic income mitigates tunneling, meaning that people are more able to think beyond just one focus. The need to earn survival income tends to function like blinders that block out everything else but your focus on basic needs. Until they're obtained, we can't think beyond.
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@scottsantens It will take a concerted effort of de-programming to free people of the false superstitious and moral beliefs that block their ability to recognize this. We are all victims of a multi-millenium psyops campaign.

We should be putting a lot more energy into understanding how to free ourselves of our misunderstandings about economics, work, and human nature. Let’s not underestimate the difficulty. We need a better story, and a strategy to publicize it.

May 13, 2024 at 1:32pmWeb