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Re:Working hard for the sake of working hard is laziness by auggierose on Sunday October 06, 2013 @08:09PM (#6505977)
1. Introduce a condition-less basic income ($2800 dollars like soon in Switzerland sounds pretty good to me!).

2. Everyone will value their own time now much more, so you will automatically get paid for what you achieve, not for the hours you worked.

3. Or did I get this the wrong way around?

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Re:Working hard for the sake of working hard is laziness by hackula1 on Sunday October 06, 2013 @10:16PM (#6506259)
> 2. Everyone will value their own time now much more, so you will automatically get paid for what you achieve, not for the hours you worked.

While a Star Trek Earth style system sounds awesome and utopian, I cannot help but thinking most people would just stay home and drink and/or watch Law and Order marathons all day. Hell, that does not sound too bad to me at all, and I love my work.

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