Ask HN: What are some things you learnt from a game that changed your life?

Re:Ask HN: What are some things you learnt from a game that ... by andrei_says_ on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @02:52AM (#27287240)

Rutger Bregman has a book called Utopia for Realists.

Quite a few successful studies on UBI - people become more productive, get better education, wean themselves off of addiction. It is an overall better investment than pretty much any other program - including because it doesn’t carry thenoverhead of controlling how money gets spent.

It is cheaper to provide UBI than not.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some things you learnt from a game that ... by nokya on Thursday May 27, 2021 @06:44PM (#27309525)

Thank you for the reference. My only issue with his analysis was that he proposed an income in the form of a monetary payment. I think this is exactly why UBI is impossible and we should rather have universal service. In other words: one should not receive monetary payment but be granted unrestricted access to vital goods and services instead.

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