My son knows Sam Altman. He is the energizer bunny, self motivated, self driven, disciplined and very bright overflowing with good ideas that usually turn into revenue. He is surrounded by others of that ilk. He doesn’t understand people who have never held a job, or if they had one, they didn’t last because getting up in the morning and going to work is not one of their priorities. He believes that with a guaranteed income, those folks will be off the welfare rolls and will turn their energy to creative ventures. Nothing of the sort will occur. They will become clams, with their shells opening only when the check arrives. Those who don’t die of drug and alcohol abuse will die of sloth.
The war on poverty envisioned the same outcome and it never happened. Wonder why?
You’re right.
I have worked all my life. Can’t imagine not working.
But give me a guaranteed income and I’d be off doing fun stuff like fishing, biking, kayaking, shooting, or working for Friends of Library or the Historical Society...