Scott Santens
Writer and full-time advocate of unconditional basic income (UBI); Author of Let There Be Money; Senior Advisor to Humanity Forward; Editor of Basic Income Today
The Social Network and Basic Income
An introduction to complex systems theory for basic income advocates
There's something I do every single day, throughout the day, even on weekends, and I've done it since 2013. There's a reason I do it beyond what might be typically presumed, and the basis for that reason is my appreciation for complex systems theory. So I'm going to go over in this post what it is I do, as a way of both . . .
Posted in: activismcivil participationp2predditsciencesocial cohesionsocial mediasystems thinkingthe movement
"Won't basic income give too much power to whomever distributes it?"
The fear a basic income guarantee could increase citizen subservience to government
One of the more common responses to first hearing about the idea of a basic income guarantee, is the fear that it would give too much power to government. The thinking goes that if government is giving money to everyone, then they could threaten to discontinue doing so at any time, preventing any dissent and potentially creating an . . .
Posted in: civil participationfearsocial security
