Students are busy - they are attending classes, doing homework and studying for tests. When they have free time, it's unsurprising that they don't have much excess mental energy or money for pursuing hobbies. And even then it seems to me that a lot of activist groups are mainly student-run. So I don't think you're right.
Re:Request For Research: Basic Income
by JabavuAdams on Thursday January 28, 2016 @12:24AM
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This really depends on the school, program, and students. I teach video game programming courses, and these seem to attract many video game addicts who can't even stop playing games during class.
Re:Request For Research: Basic Income
by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @08:14PM
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Has anyone measured what percentage of students actually just waste all their time on video games?
Additionally, I think we need some evidence that playing video games is a waste of time, since there are indications that it is not[1].
Unfortunately this is not the case. What do students who live on student loans and/or parental stipend as a "basic income" do? You can expect more of that when the government becomes the parent doling out the stipend.