Quote Originally Posted by vacuum View Post
This is true, we tend to have the inherent flaw that we must be kept busy otherwise we just self-destruct. That's a problem which I don't know how to fix.
Human nature isn't a problem to be fixed, it just is, and to understand it, it must simply be accepted.

The saying goes, the body fuels the mind, and an active mind is never bored. A basic income, while it seems might encourage people to become fat and lazy, in the right environment, it might actually create, in certain folks, a drive to achieve things that would not otherwise happen.

Why do men climb mountains? for example, because they are there? They climb them, because they are comfortable in life. The men that climb mountains do not worry about money, the economy, etc. They are comfortable. Thus, they SEEK for something more. That's the answer to your question.

I believe this is what Switzerland has realized. If they make their folks comfortable. They will not be lazy and content, they will seek. By seeking new ideas, being free to chase dreams, perhaps that is what the new world may be about.