Scott Santens
Writer and full-time advocate of unconditional basic income (UBI); Citizen of Earth and New Orleans; Bachelor of Science in Psychology; Editor of Basic Income Today
The Monsters, Inc. Argument for Unconditional Basic Income
How to convert an economy based on fear to one based on joy
Every year since 2002, there is a North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress held in either the US or Canada. On the eve of this year’s NABIG in Hamilton, Ontario, I’d like to share with you my favorite presentation from 2017. It was a talk given by Ken Burak and it centered around the Pixar film “Monsters, Inc” as an argument for basic . . .
Posted in: analogybullshit jobschild povertyfearmoral argumentmotivationphilosophypovertyprivate propertyproductivityslaveryunpaid laborvoluntary labor
Universal Basic Income Will Accelerate Innovation by Reducing Our Fear of Failure
New article published on Medium
I published a new article yesterday on Medium titled "Universal Basic Income Will Accelerate Innovation by Reducing Our Fear of Failure".
Excerpt:
What if our insistence on making people earn their living is preventing those one in ten thousand from making incredible achievements that would benefit all the rest of . . .
YouTube as an Intrinsic Motivation Window
A look at what people will do with their basic incomes
As I've blogged about previously, being a cord cutter I watch YouTube instead of TV, and it's because of this I think I don't see people in the same way many do, where there's a mistaken belief people do nothing unless paid to do something. To the contrary, it's clear on YouTube that people love doing all kinds of things . . .
New Medium Article: If we no longer force people to work to meet their basic needs, won't they stop working?
Read the article I published on Medium on February 20th, 2015.
Summary: This article was originally a blog I posted here first. It goes into our system of involuntary work for others, the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations behind voluntary work, and how universal basic income is both the right thing and the smart thing to do in . . .
Posted in: mediummotivationslaveryvoluntary labor
