I understand the stigma against people &quot;wasting their time&quot; by playing video games all day. I don&#x27;t play many games myself, and spend most of time on creative hobbies like music and photography. Actually that&#x27;s a lie, I spend a lot of time reading Reddit. But apart from Reddit, I do creative things.<p>When I was a kid, I used to ask why poor people don&#x27;t just start a business, or go out and get a better job? That was before I understood the way that poverty traps people in a cycle. And the fact that we don&#x27;t all possess the capacity to become entrepreneurs and creative thinkers.<p>I think a basic income is most important for the uncreative people. The people who don&#x27;t really have any talents, and never had any big aspirations. The 50% of all people who have a below-average IQ. Maybe they can&#x27;t think of something productive to do, but in a post-scarcity economy, why should they need to? When the whole farm-to-table pipeline is completely run by autonomous machinery, then I think there&#x27;s nothing wrong with just relaxing and enjoying life.<p>I&#x27;m worried that this YC research program might end up making the wrong conclusions, if the results are only analyzed by startup people who are hell-bent on &quot;changing the world&quot; and being ultra-productive all the time. So what if a recipient just chills out all day, goes for walks, swims at the beach, takes some photos, and plays some video games. I hope they wouldn&#x27;t call that a failed experiment.