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Re:Basic Income Means Basic Freedom by kaoD on Sunday December 15, 2013 @09:44PM (#6912433)
Altruism?

Many open source projects have paid contributors anyways.

Re:Basic Income Means Basic Freedom by jacalata on Sunday December 15, 2013 @09:49PM (#6912458)
Yes, among other reasons such as solving a problem for themselves or enjoyment of the process. The point is that financial motivation doesn't even explain all the production in the economy right now, so obviously removing the financial motive won't remove all production. And a basic income doesn't imply no financial motivation anyway, how many investment bankers and programmers quit their job yesterday because they already have enough savings to eat and live in a crappy sharehouse for the rest of their lives?