At this point I’ve written a fair amount about the universal basic income and have also hosted a few pieces by other people who are critical of the UBI. I thought that since I’ve written about it so much it may be helpful to have a sort of guide to where to find those criticisms.…
I wasn’t sure what to expect from this movie. I had heard so little about it that I hardly knew who was in it or that the famous, “You complete me” line was contained somewhere in it. The line, “help me help you!” is also in here, which is promptly dismissed and laughed at by…
(Nick’s Notes: You can find the previous post here, parts 1, 2 and 3 are there) Another post that comes close to the sort of objections I have about the universal basic income (UBI) is Santens post about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). One thing I want to point out before I even respond to the…
(Nick’s Notes: If you’re looking for the previous part click here, the first and second parts are here and here) A lot of my criticisms come from an anarchist perspective which Santens doesn’t really address in his FAQ to begin with. That’s understandable given most of the folks he talks to about the universal basic…
(Nick’s Notes: Click here and here for parts 1 and 2, respectively) One of my lesser objections to the Universal Basic Income (UBI) past the issues I’ve already mentioned is the fact that the UBI is universal and thus gets applied to people regardless of their income level. This seems obviously unfair because why should…
(Nick’s Notes: For part one, click here!) In the last part I went over why, at the very least, I’m highly skeptical of a universal basic income (UBI) distributed by the government. This time around I want to talk about the moral problems for the UBI. And I know that in the previous post I…
Preface I’ve been hearing about Scott Santens for a while. I think I’d even read one or two of his articles before I started digging into his handy FAQ. A month ago or so I read over a few posts by his, mostly on the subjects that personally interested me and the questions I have…
(Nick’s Notes: This article was inspired by this talk by Laura Vanderkam) I struggle a lot with managing my time and figuring out what’s a priority on my to-do list and what isn’t. When I’m in work as much as I dislike it, it does give a certain rigid structure to my day. I can…
One of the “best” things at my job is that it’s clear that by and large the managers there don’t want to be managers. One reason for that may have to do with the splintering of different managers. There’s shift leads, assistant managers and then the store manager. The shift lead that I usually work…
Patreon Update(s)/Introduction Another month has flown by and it was quite a varied month! I wrote an article on an anti-work movie, one on anti-work critiques, ideas about automation and I had my usual article talking about the universal basic income. I covered a swath of topics (which isn’t to say these topics haven’t been done…