A future without fear for a lack of money?

Forgewolf · May 25, 2015, 07:29:38 PM

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/05/what-if-everybody-didnt-have-to-work-to-get-paid/393428/?utm_source=SFTwitter

I'm going to be honest and say I'd feel free. Without fear is peace and with peace, the possibilities are almost limitless. Sure, I'll have days were I'd be lazy, because video games, wanting R&R from society or throwing a party for friends and family.

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Roam · May 25, 2015, 09:29:11 PM

There was a German guy starting a Kickstarter, in which the funds are used to pay someone everyday for a year

The chosen person was required to be unemployed however

Forgewolf · May 26, 2015, 12:23:17 AM

Quote from: Sleeping Hollow on May 25, 2015, 09:29:11 PM

There was a German guy starting a Kickstarter, in which the funds are used to pay someone everyday for a year

The chosen person was required to be unemployed however

I could pull that off.. $1,000 a month would be $300 more than I make now and it'd be more consistent. I'd probably take College classes or do a couple more things around town than I do now.

Super Irish · May 26, 2015, 11:06:08 AM

I dunno...

Without incentive I probably wouldn't have got as far as I have now. While having constant pressure to do well so that I can earn a decent job and have relative freedom later, I need it to make me do things.

Otherwise I'd lie around, do little if anything and be a couch potato. Kinda losing a purpose, even if the original purpose isn't that favorable either.

Forgewolf · May 26, 2015, 08:29:57 PM

Quote from: SuperIrish on May 26, 2015, 11:06:08 AM

While having constant pressure to do well so that I can earn a decent job and have relative freedom later, I need it to make me do things.

See.. I'm the opposite. When pressure is applied or expectations are high and stress is high, I often intentionally back away. I don't thrive well under those forces and typically do better at something when I'm least expected to do so.

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aREALgod · May 26, 2015, 09:36:27 PM

Quote from: Forgewolf on May 26, 2015, 12:23:17 AM

Quote from: Sleeping Hollow on May 25, 2015, 09:29:11 PM
There was a German guy starting a Kickstarter, in which the funds are used to pay someone everyday for a year

The chosen person was required to be unemployed however
I could pull that off.. $1,000 a month would be $300 more than I make now and it'd be more consistent. I'd probably take College classes or do a couple more things around town than I do now.

Dude, you make 700 a month? How do you manage?

Forgewolf · May 26, 2015, 09:54:00 PM

Quote from: aTALLmidget on May 26, 2015, 09:36:27 PM

Quote from: Forgewolf on May 26, 2015, 12:23:17 AM
Quote from: Sleeping Hollow on May 25, 2015, 09:29:11 PM
There was a German guy starting a Kickstarter, in which the funds are used to pay someone everyday for a year

The chosen person was required to be unemployed however
I could pull that off.. $1,000 a month would be $300 more than I make now and it'd be more consistent. I'd probably take College classes or do a couple more things around town than I do now.

Dude, you make 700 a month? How do you manage?

Living with the folks, living in a not so rich, small town and not doing College. By the way, $700 a month is the minimum I get after taxes, not before.. I just don't count that money taken from me is money earned.