One of Elon Musk's quotes that has stuck with me is this one:

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What an amazingly written text, my friend. You really put a good thought into this letter. And, I agree with you. Leaving people without ways to earn a living is one of the biggest problems in the world we have today.

Even though your idea of universal income is amazing and platonic, but in reality, the elite does not want that in any shape, or form. They don't want people happy and worry-free. They want slaves to work for them. If the today's politicians really wanted to solve worlds problems they would do in a day. 

But, unfortunately, that is not the case. Greed is the world number one problem today. Most have some or very little, and some can't get enough no matter how much they have. That is the world's number one problem. 

Great post, enjoyed reading it, have an amazing day. :)

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thank you for this post :)

Great idea, but hard to implement! Still, I wish you luck!!

The flagship of progress, it is interesting to observe its activities

Good job

Great idea. If you don't mind, I can try tagging him in a tweet and give a link to this post.

I'm all for public sector jobs! They did wonders in contributing to the end of the Great Depression in the United States.

thanks for sharing

Great idea, but hard to implement! Still, I wish you luck!! 
& it is interesting to observe activities.

I think this man is a legendary.

the information provided is very useful. if all nutritious food. good work

Whoa whoa, i think you have overlooked a few key components that would provide answers to problems you arent seeing. 
1. I can develop battery operated multi functional device/appliance electric generators to create per person local source located power points within a home. No more electric bill
2 host a class/school in which an individual can learn how to build, operate and maintain a personal vehicle and become a self sufficent traveler drastically reducing the cost of production while creating the ability for custom unique vehicles for geographical specific and or all terrain vehicle or craft. 
3i have the equation for AI

Lets all get together and make something better because im not a fan of how things are and i know how we can fix it.

Great idea, Elon Musk is a revolutionary without doubt

UBI, UBW, NIT, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

In the short term I like your idea, but in the long haul I don't think it's necessary. Once we as a global society get over the idea that everyone needs a job rather than an income we can eliminate most of the crap jobs. Do you think Walmart greeters WANT to be Walmart greeters?

If we all have a basic income that keeps us a little above the poverty line then there are two reasons for us to seek employment, both voluntary.

If you have a hankering to own and drive a Caddilac UBI will never be enough. There are plenty of jobs that still need the human touch which could help you fulfil your dream. "You want fries with that?"

If you have a particular skill and a love of that skill then you may want a specific job. A first-rate mechanic could do worse than NASCAR or F1 pit crew.

On the other hand, maybe you don't need a job but a pastime. Writing open letters to Elon Musk for a few bucks might suit you. Alternatively, you might make jewellery and sell it on eBay.

Of course, if all you want to do is watch daytime tv and eat bonbons, you may. Anything that works for you and doesn't adversely affect anyone else works for me.

I hope you can see what I'm getting at here. You should not need a job. Nobody NEEDS a job.

Okay, enough rant for now. You may all go back to your regularly scheduled program.

Trust me, I'm a doctor.

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Aaaa... methinks we can burn many a packet of candles on this subject here @penston!

If I understand correctly, MMT reasons in terms of the existing monetary system - that old goat driving the centrally controlled debt based model with its familiar ailments.

I Like the UBI concept. But please don't get me wrong here: centrally controlled (totalitarian, if you wish) socialism, no matter where, in any way shape or form, is born with maggots eating at its flesh. Why? Because the human psyche is by nature not capable of withstanding the temptations it inherently offers.

A UBI, seen apart from the socialist context within which one automatically tends to visualize it by traditional thinking, offers a host of social and economic benefits, many of which spring from the fact that UBI injects purchasing power directly into the hands of the consumer, thus enabling the most basic mechanism in all economies, namely the driving force between supply and demand, to function at grass roots level - right where it should.

And blockchain technology offers us a means by which to implement UBI in a decentralized manner, thus achieving something very desirable without risking the pitfalls of socialism.

I have given it a lot of thought and there are ways in which decentralized UBI can be achieved by means of a fairly simple implementation of existing software. I won't go into detail here, firstly because it would be both rude and inconvenient to do so in a comment on your post and secondly because it is 2 AM where I am and I have some serious catch up to do in dreamland!

Thank you very much for putting the subject  on the table!