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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by kiliantics on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @12:17PM (#26727051)
I think it says a lot about our society, that this comment is the most highly upvoted in a forum such as this.

It's clear that if we decided to let everyone's basic needs of food, shelter, healthcare, and transport be met unconditionally, the world would look very different. It would not cost us much, maybe even less than we pay in taxes now, but I feel certain it would make everyone's lives significantly better. The lack of unnecessary stress and "soul-destroying toil" that anyone would be forced to endure is surely worth it.

The only downside I see is that no one could get as extraordinarily rich as a very few people can today. I don't see how most of us can't be fine with that.

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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by j333t on Thursday April 08, 2021 @07:24AM (#26737447)
This situation seems ideal, but how would you get people to do the grunt work? This is one thing the current system takes care of with threats, for lack of better words.
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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by irishcule on Friday April 09, 2021 @04:39PM (#26755840)
What if it was rotated among "everyone"? I think people would be happy to do grunt work for a week (probably even a month or two) if it meant that they get all the rest of their time back to do what they want.
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