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Re:Experiment in paying villagers in India an unconditional ... by rayiner on Saturday May 04, 2013 @09:30PM (#5657066)
I'm convinced that you could give everyone exactly the same income, and people would work for artificial "prestige points."
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Re:Experiment in paying villagers in India an unconditional ... by nitrogen on Sunday May 05, 2013 @02:25AM (#5657627)
"prestige points."

AKA "Whuffie" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whuffie, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_and_Out_in_the_Magic_King..., http://www.gutenberg.org/files/8086/8086-h/8086-h.htm)

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Re:Experiment in paying villagers in India an unconditional ... by andrewflnr on Sunday May 05, 2013 @01:16AM (#5657512)
Was that supposed to be encouraging? ;)
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Re:Experiment in paying villagers in India an unconditional ... by rayiner on Sunday May 05, 2013 @01:33AM (#5657545)
Kind of... I don't think a basic income would be much of a de-motivator that large swaths of the population would stop working. The social status that came from having an important job would still motivate people, indeed even more so if money was removed as a way to differentiate people.
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