If society values innovation (questionable!), UBI totally makes sense. How many skilled, capable people are working bad jobs or are afraid to start a venture because they&#x27;re concerned about ending up on the street? Safety nets encourage risk taking, and risk taking is necessary for innovation. This always gets characterized as subsidizing free-loaders, but perhaps naively, I think most people want to have an impact on the world, and you don&#x27;t need to threaten them with starvation to get them to do important work. You only need to threaten them with starvation if you&#x27;re asking them to work against their interests.