Universal Basic Income

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Douglas Rushkoff, Andrew Yang, Yanis Varoufakis

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The colossal problem with universal basic income

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5 min

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Douglas Rushkoff

Universal basic income: The plan to give $12,000 to every American adult

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5 min

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Andrew Yang

‘Universal basic income is a brilliant idea’. Here’s why.

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4 min

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Yanis Varoufakis

Can Universal Basic Income Fix America’s Inequality?

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5 min

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Jeffrey Sachs

Can universal basic income fix a crisis that’s already begun?

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24 min

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Big Think

Basic income: Could cash handouts revitalize the economy?

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5 min

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Chris Hughes

Get paid to be a good human being? That’s the future AI will deliver

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5 min

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Joscha Bach

Radical innovation: Unlocking the future of human invention

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Matthew Putman

The Worship of Work: How Our Obsession With Productivity Makes Us Less Human

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8 min

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Andrew Taggart

What Will Your Life Be Like in 2027? | Big Think’s Long Take

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35 min

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Vivek Wadhwa

How financial insecurity sinks American IQ scores

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4 min

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Andrew Yang

Are we disciplining ourselves out of happiness?

Many of us wake up each morning with something Oliver Burkeman calls “productivity debt.” The bestselling author and journalist explains this term as “a sense that you’ve got to work […]

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8 min

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Oliver Burkeman

Perception Box

How one moment of shamelessness saved Andrew Zimmern’s life

After decades of drug and alcohol abuse, the chef and television personality labeled himself as an ‘irredeemable human being.’ Everything changed when he found the courage to ask for help.

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8 min

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Andrew Zimmern

The surprising data on AI and unemployment rates

“I’m here to argue that AI is not going to cause a rise in unemployment. I think it’s actually increased employment in the United States, not decreased it.”

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4 min

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Joseph Politano