Saturday, August 25, 2018

Basic income - well being..related?

The last couple days have been fun. Talking about happiness and doing happy things and such.  It's time to work a bit..  Fun work..
I picked Tampere Finland for the tour because right now people from all over the world are meeting here for the BIEN Annual Congress.
BIEN:
The Basic Income Earth Network is a network of academics and activists interested in the idea of a universal basic income based solely on citizenship and not on work requirement or charity


One of my hobbies in recent years has been participating, learning, writing about basic income guarantees - what it could look like.....how it can happen.
Looks terrific..very easy in a sharing world...just need to find one.  Bien in French means good..in Scottish its prosperity..
In USA english it means - are u nuts?
This subject poses lots of challenges.. But needs to be explored.
Some of you may have read some of my musings about job eating robots.  My view is we need to evolve our economy to mitigate coming economic impacts from big job losses due to rapid advances in technological automation.  The purists at BIEN and its supporting orgs dont need excuses, they just believe it is the right thing to do.. Sharing for all..
Their argument is that the world should do the right and just things to support all human kind and that includes elevating everyone's well being and status to a fairer and more just level than what it is.... to the "be like Leo Level" for all, maybe...

I like that premise but I know lead balloons rise faster than America's willingness to share wealth and become a country dedicated to fostering real well being and social welfare support..u know..like the stuff the 10 happiest countries in the world do automatically....

So there is a big connection between the happiness tour...an investigation and more understanding of basic income guarantees and robots...
Our nation is so uninformed about the raving successes of other nations and their people its discouraging.. We have been propagandized heavily into belie toving our system is the best...and it absolutely is not..unless you are filthy obnoxiously rich..
We are unprepared to deal with the rapid movement towards technological unemployment. We have no options waiting..just crazy chaos...which we can avoid by learning about and engaging in some proactive policy options.

I met a bunch of great people I will be writing about .. And they have interesting perspectives about global next gen economy, politics and happiness.
More to come


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