&quot;Our idea is to give a basic income to a group of people in the US for a 5 year period&quot;<p>In order to get realistic information for how people will behave &#x2F; feel with a basic income we should seriously consider dropping the &#x27;5 year period&#x27; and extending it for the remainder of their lives.<p>Personally, knowing that I will have to start working again in 5 years to support myself would drastically change how I choose to spend my time over the next 5 years.<p>Also, props to Sam &#x2F; YC for this initiative.