&gt; No matter how hard you try, you might still lose.<p>This is true and inspires tremendous fear. It prevents <i>many</i> would-be successes. I suspect far more than enough to offset the would-be failures. We could recapture this lost value with a universal basic income. We&#x27;re just too busy chasing down all the &quot;lazy&quot; people while simultaneously declaring their uselessness. It would be funny if it weren&#x27;t so sad. Why are they useless anyway?