The magic of having that money come in each month is that it removes the cognitive load of uh oh, how do I survive? allowing me to fully devote myself to work.
Rather than slack off, I work 16 hour days, 7 days a week.
It's not enough to have a social life, or do much of anything, and that's fine. After all why would you be out playing if you've a business to run?
Perhaps it doesn't work on a wide scale, but for the sincere and serious, basic income is a gift. And one that I believe every recipient is obliged to repay in the form of job creation, tax revenue or some kind of contribution to society.
In the same way that washing machines 'liberated' women in developing countries[1], UBI could be a similar revolution - freeing up time and energy spent in drudgery and reassigning it to (potentially) more worthwhile and value-creating pursuits.
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