I almost skipped this topic entirely, but I felt I could write a series on Universal Entitlement without covering this concept too. My original draft was twice as long and went into some of the positive trials in more detail, but as that wasn't the purpose of the article I removed or shortened the sections on its history. But it is never…
I almost skipped this topic entirely, but I felt I could write a series on Universal Entitlement without covering this concept too. My original draft was twice as long and went into some of the positive trials in more detail, but as that wasn't the purpose of the article I removed or shortened the sections on its history. But it is never my intention to 'trash' any potential solution. If I have misrepresented anything please let me know.
Personally speaking, I was initially open to the idea of Universal Basic Income, as I am with anything that promises to make people's lives better, and I am certain of the good intentions of those from the Left I've heard champion it. But the more I looked into it the more questions I had which I couldn't find satisfactory answers for. These were worries about ways in which its effectiveness could be undermined, so that it would cease to live up to its ideals.
In the article I do point out some requirements and safeguards that could lead to it addressing some of those challenges. If someone wants to make any solution shouldn't they welcome sincere questions and even criticisms and account for them, in order to make their solutions more effective? Perhaps there are time I could be more polite about my reservations though.
I sincerely worry about any idea that comes from the top down in a one size fits all form - as I truly believe people understanding their own situations at the local level better. As Gall's law states, 'A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.' There are plenty of examples of smaller working systems that have the capability to scale up (and in some areas have already done so), so that is where my focus is.
The ideal solution as I see it is what the next article in this series will address - although I begin by focusing on the principles behind it. But it's a lot to ask of a single article to give a complete solution to everyone's satisfaction, so it may take several more articles to cover all the details. (Especially as I keep getting distracted with side articles like this one).
But there is nothing special about me, I'm just introducing these topics from a different angle than some historians, economists, anthropologists, philosophers and even biologists whose research says the same things, but who are far more qualified than me, and whose books are far more scholarly than anything I write. If you want the detailed solutions sooner you don't have to wait upon me, although I like to think that my articles might be a little more accessible than academic ones.
I almost skipped this topic entirely, but I felt I could write a series on Universal Entitlement without covering this concept too. My original draft was twice as long and went into some of the positive trials in more detail, but as that wasn't the purpose of the article I removed or shortened the sections on its history. But it is never my intention to 'trash' any potential solution. If I have misrepresented anything please let me know.
Personally speaking, I was initially open to the idea of Universal Basic Income, as I am with anything that promises to make people's lives better, and I am certain of the good intentions of those from the Left I've heard champion it. But the more I looked into it the more questions I had which I couldn't find satisfactory answers for. These were worries about ways in which its effectiveness could be undermined, so that it would cease to live up to its ideals.
In the article I do point out some requirements and safeguards that could lead to it addressing some of those challenges. If someone wants to make any solution shouldn't they welcome sincere questions and even criticisms and account for them, in order to make their solutions more effective? Perhaps there are time I could be more polite about my reservations though.
I sincerely worry about any idea that comes from the top down in a one size fits all form - as I truly believe people understanding their own situations at the local level better. As Gall's law states, 'A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.' There are plenty of examples of smaller working systems that have the capability to scale up (and in some areas have already done so), so that is where my focus is.
The ideal solution as I see it is what the next article in this series will address - although I begin by focusing on the principles behind it. But it's a lot to ask of a single article to give a complete solution to everyone's satisfaction, so it may take several more articles to cover all the details. (Especially as I keep getting distracted with side articles like this one).
But there is nothing special about me, I'm just introducing these topics from a different angle than some historians, economists, anthropologists, philosophers and even biologists whose research says the same things, but who are far more qualified than me, and whose books are far more scholarly than anything I write. If you want the detailed solutions sooner you don't have to wait upon me, although I like to think that my articles might be a little more accessible than academic ones.