Utopia for Realists: Rutger Bregman’s Better Future Is One of Basic Income

Utopia for Realists: Rutger Bregman’s Better Future Is One of Basic Income

Several years ago, I was on assignment in Chile, supporting tourism development in a desert town. During my time there, I met a Japanese friend who was on holiday. She told me about her work (for a global company), her living situation (a condo in the center of Tokyo), and said (with a luxury brand bag in her hand), “If I won the lottery, I’d quit my job and do something different!”

I had no words.

Even with so much going for her, even as she lived the life others dreamed of, she wasn’t satisfied with her work. And the truth […]

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