Universal Basic Income — Where’s the purpose?

Universal Basic Income -- Where's the purpose?

Universal Basic Income is getting a lot of attention again these days. While I think it’s part of a solution, it’s missing a crucial element: People need a sense of purpose in their lives. Separately, a lot of people have trouble finding that sense of purpose on their own. Put together, this means that in parallel to any basic income program, we will need to create social institutions that appeal to people’s notions of achievement, provider roles, community, and social feedback mechanisms.

This could be a wide variety of things that provide a sense of community and achievement — everything […]

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