True Freedom Comes with Basic Income
I published a new article today on Medium titled "True Freedom Comes with Basic Income". An earlier version of this article was originally published over 18 months ago, but was removed and has been unavailable for over a year.
Excerpt:
“I can’t not do this, because I need the money…”—The thought underlying all . . .
Human Park: A Mammal's Guide to Stress-Free Living
My latest feature-length article as seen in XY Magazine
I published a new article today on Medium titled "Human Park: A Mammal's Guide to Stress-Free Living". A shortened version of this same article is one of the feature articles in the 50th issue of XY Magazine, now available online and in Barnes & Noble stores nationwide.
The article itself is focused around the . . .
Posted in: addictionbasic income experimentsbiologydrug usemagazinemediumrepublishedsocial cohesionsocial security
Travel Schedule
Past and Upcoming Basic Income Advocacy Appearances
What started out as writing about basic income here on my blog and Medium, has become increasingly talking about basic income on TV, radio, and podcasts, and has now also increasingly become traveling to various conferences and events around the world to talk about basic income with audiences in person.
If money were no issue, there . . .
Posted in: appearancescrowdfundingtravel
Olympians and the Great Myth of Meritocracy
Our playing fields aren't level but they can be more level with basic income
The Olympics provides a great opportunity to take a closer look at the popular myth of meritocracy, where winners come out on top thanks to hard work and losers simply just weren’t good enough. That the discussion during this most recent Olympics has been centered so much around performance-enhancing drugs really drives this point home in a . . .
Posted in: analogybiologydrug useinequality
Forget the future of work. What about the future of consumption?
Discussing the future of work is all the rage these days. Some say we're on the verge of the robot apocalypse of jobs. Others say jobs will always be created in sufficient numbers (and at sufficient rates) and that everything will be fine. Regular readers know where I fall on this particular question, that either way, our goal should be . . .
Posted in: automationbullshit jobscreativitydebtinequalitypatreonrich supportspendingstudent loanstechnological unemploymentunderemploymentunpaid laborvoluntary labor
Giving Goods vs. Giving Money
A story of eggs, cash, and basic income
I love watching documentaries and one of my recent favorites on Netflix, aside from Noam Chomsky's "Requiem for the American Dream", is "Poverty, Inc." I highly recommend just watching the entire film yourself, but there is one story from it that is one of my new favorites to share onward, and that's the story by . . .
Humanity Needs Universal Basic Income in Order to Stop Impeding Human Progress
My latest article on HuffPost Politics
I published a new article yesterday on HuffPost Politics that they actually put on the front page of The Huffington Post. It's called "Humanity Needs Universal Basic Income in Order to Stop Impeding Progress".
Excerpt:
Putting humans out of work should be a public relations win, not a loss, and so mankind . . .
Posted in: automationbullshit jobshuffington postmoneyproductivitytechnological unemploymentunionsvoluntary labor