It’s time we look around and truly see each other—not as competitors scrambling for scraps, but as inherently valuable beings, worthy of respect simply for existing. For being here, together, in this strange, beautiful, and often confounding reality we share. It's time to recognize the nature of the game we've gotten ourselves into, and to align ourselves with a shared direction—a path toward unity, sustainability, and the liberation of human potential.

Automation isn’t coming; it’s here. Every day, AI systems quietly take over tasks that once defined jobs, careers, and livelihoods. This trend isn’t a blip—it’s a trajectory. Eventually, many will find that what they once offered to the economy is no longer “needed.” But does that mean they are no longer needed? Of course not. This isn’t the end of the road; it’s a turning point. A chance to ask: What do we truly value? What kind of world do we want to create?

The answer, if we’re honest, has always been art. Not just paintings or symphonies, but all creative expression—writing, storytelling, building, dreaming, connecting. The world has been moving toward art since forever; every technological leap frees humanity to focus less on survival and more on expression. UBI (Universal Basic Income) isn’t just an economic policy—it’s a spiritual recognition of this truth. It’s an investment in a future where creativity, connection, and exploration are at the heart of our existence.

Let’s be clear: UBI isn’t charity. It’s not about handing out “free money” to the lazy. It’s a structural patch for an outdated system. Capitalism, for all its dynamism, has reached a breaking point. The incentives no longer align; wealth pools at the top, and millions are left scrambling for diminishing scraps. UBI rebalances the equation, recognizing that being alive and participating in the collective human experience is inherently valuable. It’s not a handout—it’s a dividend. A return on the collective investment we’ve all made simply by existing within and contributing to this shared reality.

Think of it this way: UBI rewards every human being for their role as a participant in the grand experiment of humanity. It provides the stability needed to explore, create, and innovate. Call it an investment in future art and entertainment, if you must. Or see it as a practical recognition that survival is a right, not a privilege. Either way, it’s the path forward.

Some might argue that such a shift could lead to complacency, that people might lose their “drive.” But history tells us otherwise. When people are freed from the grind of survival, they don’t wither—they thrive. They dream, they build, they connect. They create the worlds of tomorrow. UBI isn’t about ending work—it’s about transforming it into something meaningful.

And if some see this world as a reality TV show, with humanity as its cast, why not flip the script? Let’s align the incentives, not to push humanity to the brink but to elevate it, to see just how far we can go when we work together, when we stop fighting for scraps and start building something truly beautiful.

So, let’s not treat UBI as a political stance—it’s a call to unity. A step toward recognizing that the matrix of scarcity we’ve lived in is a spell we can break. Not as an economic argument, but as a vision for what humanity can become when we recognize each other’s inherent value.

Are you ready to take that step? What's holding you back? What's holding everyone you know back? Engage conversation. Consider it with everyone, see where it leads. Find out who's an ally. Find out who's still in denial and in need of help. Find out who's an enemy, and try to befriend them, pull them in closer. What is making them resist this idea? Try to put yourself in their shoes. Try to understand why they think and feel the way they do. Then estimate whether or not they'd ready to entertain a different perspective. If so, consider presenting it. And let the upvotes/downvotes do their rest.

What's your number? Mine is 1, a daily dollar for everyone. No questions asked. Ever. Just granted, because you exist and are welcome here, valued even. It's not much. But it's a start. A soft slow start. And every financial quarter we revisit, how much higher can we rise?

But then again, I wonder what the potential new DOGE apartment will think about this idea. It's hyper efficient because we can eventually, after perhaps what may be many years, after having scaled up UBI sufficiently high allowing us to disable all other aid/help governmentally funded programs, there's a lot of bureaucracy around who gets what additional aid. An UBI effectively gets rid of the entire government, let corporations have free reign, if the people feel empowered in the process they'll be able to easily fend off against any unethical practices they see around themselves. There's no need to keep corporations in check if all the people are free from financial slavery.

A bold future. Big change. And thus, an ever so small first step needed. Perhaps a daily dollar is too much of an economic shock to start with. I understand the concern. It is real. Thus, how about $0.1 instead? How low do we need to get to at least get going today? Instead of waiting yet again for another study or election cycle, instead of letting this dystopian get any worse than it needs to? And don't worry, this is not communism because we've effectively automated all the needed tasks of governing. It's really just all about aligning incentives. Let the rest smooth itself out over time.

Any questions?

Mine is really just 1.

What is your number?

And I'll argue how 0 is a crime against humanity, though I understand how we got here, I am not mad at anyone.

The Niskanen Center is a Washington DC think tank that has been supportive of UBI.

They had a discussion with Ezra Klein on his NYT podcast recently. In the spirit of rewarding content creators for platforming pro-UBI folks, I hope y'all give it a listen.

A theme of this one is how the democrats alienated part of the electorate by fetishizing "cramped professionalism", but they touch on a whole bunch of stuff, including quasi-cultural stuff like the rejection of Joe Rogan by the left.