Did Finland’s basic income experiment work? [video]
I bet that it did not have a benefit. Giving money away without a stated goal leads nowhere. The idea of basic income will only work if the receivers are helped along to define what their goal in life will be. Most people have no clue as to what they want out of life. Giving people free money will only make things worse since now they lose the incentive to even try.  At least when you have a job you work towards completing someone else&#x27;s goal. With a basic income, you have no defined goal and you lose the stress of having to find one.<p>People are talking about mass unemployment because of AI, something that will cause societal chaos, so I can understand why governments and the elite would want to push for a basic income. But it needs to be done in a way that will not destroy people&#x27;s incentive to help society.<p>We don&#x27;t always see it but the only reason we have and are able to buy what we need is because someone got up and did a day&#x27;s worth of work. Imagine a future where everyone has a choice of showing up to work. Some people will always show up, some people will never show up but the vast majority will show up depending on how they feel that day. A  recipe for a chaotic society.