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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by imgabe on Thursday July 11, 2013 @12:48PM (#6027236)
You don't ever do anything - not any one single thing - without a profit motive?
Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by yaddayadda on Thursday July 11, 2013 @01:19PM (#6027451)
"You don't ever do anything - not any one single thing - without a <strike>profit</strike> motive?" [Corrected]

There are many non-profit motives, from simple hunger (i.e., when you're hungry you want food, not "profit") to curiosity (e.g., can I build a robot to beat Bill's bot?), from sex-drive (e.g., oh-la-la, she's hot, let me go chat her up and see if there's a "we" in our future) to helping friends and family (e.g., mom's yard has a dead tree in it, and she can't remove it herself, let me get some buddies together to go do it).

Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by imgabe on Thursday July 11, 2013 @01:29PM (#6027546)
Yes, that's why there's plenty of reasons you would still want to "do things" even if you didn't need to work.
Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by ihateloggingin on Saturday July 13, 2013 @07:06AM (#6037260)
There's a really odd logic involved here. If people did not have any motivation besides making money, they would not have any desire to _spend_ money.
Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by miguelrochefort on Thursday July 11, 2013 @01:06PM (#6027375)
Who does?
Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by lifeformed on Thursday July 11, 2013 @01:44PM (#6027667)
Today I drew a picture for fun.
Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by imgabe on Thursday July 11, 2013 @01:12PM (#6027411)
Everyone.