UBI might become low enough to be practical with a mix of changing attitudes around living “the bare minimum” and motivation to fix absurd expenses when possible.
Living in a dorm room in a rust belt town with a cafeteria and 1940s-level clinic might look less dystopian when it’s the totally free option.
Get that level low enough and you can expect most people can actually succeed in creating about that much in value because it’s absurdly low and any person would struggle to create a hard 0.
Even without UBI, if it were legal, I think an ultra cheap lifestyle option would be a popular niche. Machines can easily support a 19th century living standard for almost nothing.
UBI might become low enough to be practical with a mix of changing attitudes around living “the bare minimum” and motivation to fix absurd expenses when possible.
Living in a dorm room in a rust belt town with a cafeteria and 1940s-level clinic might look less dystopian when it’s the totally free option.
Get that level low enough and you can expect most people can actually succeed in creating about that much in value because it’s absurdly low and any person would struggle to create a hard 0.
Even without UBI, if it were legal, I think an ultra cheap lifestyle option would be a popular niche. Machines can easily support a 19th century living standard for almost nothing.