OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study's first findings available

Re:OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study's first findings av... by MattGrommes on Monday July 22, 2024 @02:21PM (#41037780)

> Why is it some shock-horror thing that people worked less?

Exactly. If I have to have 3 jobs, then with this money I "only" work 2 jobs, I'm working less but almost certainly have a better quality of life.

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Re:OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study's first findings av... by wolpoli on Monday July 22, 2024 @02:28PM (#41037898)

Yup. Individuals want to optimize for quality of life but the decisionmakers are optimizing for household income (or perhaps GDP).

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Re:OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study's first findings av... by blindriver on Monday July 22, 2024 @05:56PM (#41040245)

But stress didn't decrease according to the study, so it's not like their quality of life increased.

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Re:OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study's first findings av... by HPsquared on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @06:01AM (#41044381)

There's new stress about the money supply coming to an end.

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Re:OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study's first findings av... by jacksnipe on Monday July 22, 2024 @02:27PM (#41037889)

Yeah and what’s more you’re contributing more to society, whether or not you can measure it in money. You have some spare time and energy to help your family, your neighbors, the person you see once a week.

I want to live in a society where people have time to actually live.

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Re:OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study's first findings av... by Ferret7446 on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @04:41AM (#41043979)

Devil's advocate: why do you get to have what you want?

For almost all of human history, you had to work to survive. Working is living. And yet you want to not work? So all of the resources you will need, who is going to provide them? I'm sorry, but I'd rather I not work and you work to provide the resources I need.

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Re:OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study's first findings av... by mkmk3 on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @06:53AM (#41044662)

Comment was in response to going from 3 to 2 jobs

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Re:OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study's first findings av... by jacksnipe on Thursday July 25, 2024 @08:50PM (#41074972)

Yeah haha I just thought 100 hours a week was a bit much and we could all agree on that

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