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The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseThe Not at All Surprising Results of Germany's 3-Year UBI Experiment | The Basic Income Show Episode 14Episode 14 of The Basic Income Show! We cover the results of Germany's unconditional basic income (UBI) pilot!Chapters:00:00 Welcome to The Basic Income Show00:21 Background to Germany's 3-year UBI Pilot09:45 Effects of UBI on Employment and Labor24:09 Effects of UBI on Mental Health and Wellbeing40:11 Effects of UBI on Financial Stability and Behavior1:00:38 Effects of UBI on Socializing and Community Participation1:09:02 Potential Impact of UBI Pilot Results on German Politics1:17:01 That Tumblr Post About Not Even Trying for UBI1:24:36 Jeff Atwood is Putting $50M into Rural UBI Pilots1:28:15 Lawsuit in California Against Racially Targeted Cash Programs1:30:58 NYC Mayoral Candidate...2025-04-231h 50
Sithty MinutesUniversal Basic Income - Ft. Scott Santens ITSA FoundationWelcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Scott Santens comes on the podcast to talk about Universal Basic Income. From what it is, to how it has been implemented in the US and beyond and even the myriad of problems it has helped to solve, this is a conversation you won't want to miss! New guest, OG Star Wars fan! Follow us: Threads: @Sithty_Minutes Instagram: @PaulaBear92 @RBW3000 @General_Leia_The_Pup @aaa__photog Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.bsky.social Discord: Sithty Minutes Show Notes:...2025-02-141h 16
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseIf Mark Carney Becomes Canada's Next PM, Might He Implement UBI Due to AI? | The Basic Income ShowEpisode 10 of The Basic Income Show! With the UK looking to invest heavily into AI, and Canada potentially electing a new leader worried about AI impacts, is UBI's window opening?Chapters:00:00 Welcome to The Basic Income Show01:14 The Los Angeles Fires14:25 Comingle as Disaster Aid29:48 Compton Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Misinformation38:05 Bad UBI Take by Tony Robbins and Chris Williamson43:19 The Physics of Boot Straps 48:06 UK to Inject AI into its Veins1:01:33 Mark Carney Discussing AI and UBI?1:14:11 Former Mayor of Oakland's Op-ed About Trump and UBI1:21:50 41% of Employers to Reduce Staff by 20301:28:18 Robots to Work for $1/hr by 20351:31:20...2025-02-101h 48
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseDrone Hysteria and How Chronic Financial Stress Feeds Conspiracy Beliefs | The Basic Income ShowEpisode 9 of The Basic Income Show!
Suddenly it was drones, drones, drones, and just as suddenly it's all
gone. Let's talk about how conspiracies are fueled by economic anxiety.
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to The Basic Income Show
02:05 Drone Hysteria and How UBI Can Reduce Conspiracy Beliefs
17:47 The Onion's Joke About Treating Welfare Recipients Like Dogs
21:53 Not Having Enough Versus Worrying About Not Having Enough
36:22 Real Stories From Basic Income Pilot Participants
59:58 Results from the Compton Basic Income Pilot
1:20:17 The Story Behind the Stop Hiring Humans Billboards in SF
1:27:13 A Rich Senate Candidate is Running on UBI in the Philippines
1:28:06 Will...2025-01-101h 45
Did Nothing Wrong podcastEpisode 163 - Universal Basic Income w/Scott SantensUBI, or Universal Basic Income, would guarantee everyone in society an income floor. In this episode, I talk about this idea with Scott Santens, who has been a tireless advocate of the concept.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here:https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references used to create this episode:Scott Santens UBI Guidewww.scottsantens.com(Links to a ton of peer-reviewed data and studies on the UBI concept, some of which is referenced in the...2024-12-0951 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseThe Basic Income Show: Episode 6Episode 6 of The Basic Income Show!
In this episode, Scott Santens, Conrad Shaw, and Josh Worth discuss recent developments in the world of Universal Basic Income (UBI). They celebrate ITSA Foundation's successful fundraising for key projects, explore the implications of Nobel Prize winners supporting UBI, and delve into the ongoing debate surrounding Oregon's proposed UBI measure. They discuss various aspects of Universal Basic Income (UBI), including public support, political influences, and recent developments in different regions. They explore the challenges of finding consensus on UBI, the impact of political decisions on public opinion, and the implications of recent polling...2024-11-161h 46
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseThe Basic Income Show: Episode 5Ep 5 of The Basic Income Show! We watch Conrad's interview with John Stossel and listen to an AI podcast about my book Let There Be Money.
Also fresh evidence from the Finland Basic Income pilot and more!
In this episode of the Basic Income Show, Scott Santens, Josh Worth, and Conrad Shaw discuss the implications of Universal Basic Income (UBI) in the context of recent disasters, economic stability, and media representation. They explore how UBI can provide immediate support during crises, the economic arguments for preventative measures, and the misconceptions surrounding work incentives related to...2024-10-151h 52
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseWhat Dolly Parton did to show us how to best recover from all disasters | The Basic Income ShowEpisode 4 of The Basic Income Show! Let's talk about the basic income that Dolly Parton mobilized in response to a disaster in Tennessee.
We also debunk all the misinformation in an anti-UBI PragerU video.
Summary:
In this episode of the Basic Income Show, Scott Santens, Conrad Shaw, and Josh Worth discuss the current state of basic income initiatives, particularly in light of recent events such as Hurricane Helene. We explore the future role of Comingle in providing direct cash assistance during disasters, the challenges faced by traditional disaster relief systems, and the importance of cash...2024-10-072h 07
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseThe Basic Income Show: Episode 3
Episode 3 of The Basic Income Show! Canada considers basic income legislation and Bret Weinstein talks nonsense about UBI...
Also an experiment that suggests UBI leads to more meritocratic outcomes!
In this episode of the Basic Income Show, we discuss the recent developments surrounding basic income legislation in Canada, specifically Bill C-223. We delve into the details of the bill, its implications for a guaranteed livable basic income, and the misinformation surrounding the concept. The conversation also touches on the political landscape in Canada, the role of research in shaping policy, and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for...2024-10-011h 28
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseThe Basic Income Show Episode 2Episode 2 of The Basic Income Show
In this conversation, Scott Santens, Conrad Shaw, and Josh Worth discuss the implications of basic income through recent pilot programs like Sam Altman's three-year experiment and Denver's Basic Income Pilot Project, analyzing the results and addressing common misconceptions. They highlight the importance of understanding the nuanced effects of basic income on employment, caregiving, and overall well-being. Personal stories from recipients illustrate the transformative potential of basic income, while critiques of misleading narratives exemplified by a recent Coin Bureau video emphasize the need for a more informed public discourse...2024-09-241h 44
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseThe Basic Income Show: Episode 1The inaugural episode of The Basic Income Show!
For previous audio-only discussions between Conrad, Josh, and I, and the occasional special guest, check out the ITSA Live! playlist on Comingle's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17-rRsLr_X4&list=PLrF7vwddTTzTWpvVvsCwrmwlg5k_v2zpV
Like data? See my ongoing compilation of UBI evidence on Twitter/X:
https://twitter.com/scottsantens/status/1766213155967955332
For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ:
http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq
Donate to the non-profit Income To Support All Foundation to support UBI projects:
https://www.itsafoundation.org/
Subscribe to the ITSA...2024-09-171h 42
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseDid Sam Altman's Basic Income Pilot Prove or Disprove UBI?As a leading expert on the topic of unconditional/universal basic income (UBI), a subject area I've been focused on now since 2013, I'm constantly trying to correct misunderstandings and debunk misinformation/disinformation spread about the concept and the evidence behind it.
The results of another big test of basic income were released in July 2024 and there's a lot of poorly informed summaries and opinions out there about it. As someone who has actually read the results released so far (there's still more coming) as well as the results from over a hundred other studies of basic income and unconditional...2024-08-1332 min
AI Article ReadingsDid Sam Altman's Basic Income Experiment Succeed or Fail? - By Scott SantensAI reading of Did Sam Altman's Basic Income Experiment Succeed or Fail? - By Scott Santens. If you enjoyed this article, please support Scott on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/scottsantensArticle:https://www.scottsantens.com/did-sam-altman-basic-income-experiment-succeed-or-fail-ubi/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe2024-08-0332 min
DisrupTVUBI and the Importance of Culture | Conrad Shaw, Scott Santens, Sally HelgesenThis week on episode 361, we interviewed Sally Helgesen, Author, Speaker and Leadership Coach, Conrad Shaw, UBI Trial Manager & Series Co-Creator of Bootstraps docuseries, Co-Founder of Comingle, Co-Founder of Income to Support All Foundation and Creator of UBIcalculator and Scott Santens, Founder and President of Income to Support All Foundation.
Sally discussed the importance of organizational culture, and how the present activism against diversity, equity, and inclusion is not likely to affect corporate commitment in the long term. She also talked about the biggest changes she has seen in women's leadership and what the biggest disruptors have been. Conrad and Scott...2024-04-271h 03
The Progressive BitcoinerTPB81 - Universal Basic Income: Coercion or Freedom? with Scott Santens"Basic income is not left or right. It's forward." - Scott SantensMy guest today is Scott Santens, with special guest co-host and friend of the pod Margot Paez. Scott is a leading Universal Basic Income (UBI) advocate and has been researching the subject since 2013. He is also the President and Founder of the Income to Support All (ITSA) Foundation which supports ambitious projects that help realize a foundation of unconditional universal basic income through research, storytelling, and implementation. In this episode we discuss Universal Basic Income's potential to address poverty, inequality, and the future of work...2024-04-021h 55The Progressive BitcoinerTPB81 - Universal Basic Income: Coercion or Freedom? with Scott Santens"Basic income is not left or right. It's forward." - Scott SantensMy guest today is Scott Santens, with special guest co-host and friend of the pod Margot Paez. Scott is a leading Universal Basic Income (UBI) advocate and has been researching the subject since 2013. He is also the President and Founder of the Income to Support All (ITSA) Foundation which supports ambitious projects that help realize a foundation of unconditional universal basic income through research, storytelling, and implementation. In this episode we discuss Universal Basic Income's potential to address poverty, inequality, and the future of work...2024-04-021h 55
The Rational View podcast with Dr. Al ScottScott Santens dispels the myths blocking Universal Basic IncomeIn this episode I continue my investigation into the pros and cons of Universal Basic Income as a potential solution to the ongoing increases in automation from robotics and Artificial Intelligence and subsequent job losses. In one of my earlier podcasts ‘Income Inequality: We’ve botched it” I showed how the benefits of significant automation and productivity increases afforded by robotics have been funneled into the hands of the top 1% of society, leaving the rest of us in a declining standard of living with most families having to go to dual incomes with less free time just to make ends m...2024-03-3057 min
Workers RockEp. 8 - Universal Basic Income w/ Scott Santens (Washington, D.C.)Today on Workers Rock Podcast we meet Universal Basic Income expert Scott Santens (Washington, D.C) who talks about UBI, it's benefits to society, people and the economy, where it's been successful and some piloting tips for municipalities!
Scott Santens of ScottSantens.com is the founder of the Income to Support All Foundation (ITSA Foundation) https://www.itsafoundation.org/
Scott's podcast can be found at Scott Santens UBI Enterprise (wherever you consume your podcasts).
Scott Santens on Twitter https://twitter.com/scottsantens
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The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseThe Billionaire-Fueled Lobbying Group Behind the State Bills to Ban Basic Income ExperimentsMuch discussion has been had around basic income as a policy response to automation and as a result, over 150 pilot experiments have been launched in cities across the US to study it. Now in response to the successful results beginning to come out from those pilots, some states are beginning to ban the experiments from happening. One lobbying group in particular is behind these efforts to stop UBI, and its biggest funder is a billionaire most people have never even heard of.
Read my article:
https://www.scottsantens.com/billionaire-fueled-lobbying-group-behind-the-state-bills-to-ban-universal-basic-income-experiments-ubi/
My ongoing compilation of UBI evidence on Twitter:
https...2024-03-1330 min
Understanding: THE WORLDWhy Universal Basic Income also benefits the Rich w. Scott SantensBuy Scott's Book: Let There Be Money - https://amzn.to/3RJP9ez
Scott Santens has been researching and advocating for the concept of unconditional universal basic income (or UBI) since 2013.
Acknowledged by former U.S. presidential candidate Andrew Yang as one of those who helped shape his thinking.
He is the founder and president of the Income To Support All Foundation (ITSA Foundation), the Senior Advisor for Humanity Forward, and also serves on the board of directors of the Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity and as the editor of Basic Income Today — a...2023-12-161h 13
Ethics in Action PodcastThe Case for a UBI: A Conversation with Scott SantensIn our final episode in our mini-series on the future of work, we are joined by universal basic income (UBI) advocate and writer Scott Santens. Scott is the founder and president of the Income To Support All Foundation (ITSA Foundation), the Senior Advisor for Humanity Forward, and he also serves on the board of directors of the Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity and as the editor of Basic Income Today. In this episode, we chat with Scott about the viability of a UBI, the philosophical and political arguments in favor of a UBI, and the importance of destigmatizing the conce...2023-11-141h 05The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseA.I. Will Not Displace Everyone, Everywhere, All at Once. It Will Rapidly Transform the Labor Market, Exacerbating Inequality, Insecurity, and Poverty.This episode is a reading of my article, "A.I. Will Not Displace Everyone, Everywhere, All at Once. It Will Rapidly Transform the Labor Market, Exacerbating Inequality, Insecurity, and Poverty."
Link to read and share the article: https://www.scottsantens.com/ai-will-rapidly-transform-the-labor-market-exacerbating-inequality-insecurity-and-poverty/
For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq
You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens
Thank you to all my Podcast Executive Producer supporters: Gisele Huff, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Matthew Cheney, Camilo Riviere, Katie Moussouris, Tricia Gar...2023-05-0123 minThe Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseChatGPT Has Already Decreased My Income Security, and Likely Yours TooThis episode is a reading of my article, "ChatGPT Has Already Decreased My Income Security, and Likely Yours Too", and it is read by an AI I trained on my own voice using Play.HT. It just seemed particularly fitting to do it this way.
Link to read and share the article: https://www.scottsantens.com/chatgpt-has-already-decreased-my-income-security/
For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq
You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens
Thank you to all my Podcast...2023-02-2119 min
The Future, This WeekUniversal Basic Income with Scott SantensThis week: Universal Basic Income (UBI) trials have taken place all over the world from Namibia to Alaska. We talk with researcher and advocate Scott Santens about the future of the basic income and the impact of the pandemic. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: https://sbi.sydney.edu.au/universal-basic-income-with-scott-santens/ 2022-10-3140 minThe Future, This WeekUniversal Basic Income with Scott SantensThis week: Universal Basic Income (UBI) trials have taken place all over the world from Namibia to Alaska. We talk with researcher and advocate Scott Santens about the future of the basic income and the impact of the pandemic. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: https://sbi.sydney.edu.au/universal-basic-income-with-scott-santens/ 2022-10-3140 minThe Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseScott Santens on WPKN Radio to Talk About Unconditional Basic Income (UBI)On July 26 I took part in a conversation on Twitter Spaces where we talked about UBI for over two hours. A segment of about 21 minutes in length was then edited from the discussion and aired on WPKN radio. Here is that episode as heard on the radio.
For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq
You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens
Thank you to all my Podcast Executive Producer supporters: Gisele Huff, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Floyd Marinescu, Katie M...2022-08-0321 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseScott Santens Talking UBI on Twitter Spaces for Two Hours - August 3, 2021On August 3, 2021, I hopped onto Twitter Spaces to talk in-depth about the concept of universal basic income (UBI). Here is the recording of that discussion I had with the hosts of the Space: Jenny Q. Ta, Aaron Bowley, and Dan Whitfield. Because they are part of the #DogeArmy, this discussion also included my thoughts on cryptocurrencies and also the Fed potentially implementing digital dollars.
My thanks to them for recording the discussion and sending it to me so I can post it here for anyone to enjoy who missed it.
For more info about UBI...2021-08-161h 58
Andrew Yang PodcastA conversation with Scott Santens, the original UBI advocateAndrew reunites with Scott Santens, one of our foremost experts on Universal Basic Income. Tune in as they discuss how Scott got into UBI, where the UBI movement is going, and more.Watch this conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MsIfrty2xN0Follow Scott Santens: https://twitter.com/scottsantens | https://www.instagram.com/scottsantensFollow Andrew Yang: https://twitter.com/AndrewYang | https://instagram.com/andrewyangFollow Zach Graumann: https://twitter.com/Zach_Graumann | https://instagram.com/zachgraumann To learn more about listener data and our...2021-07-1951 min
Real Talk with Zuby#147 Scott Santens - Is UBI the Way Forward?Scott Santens is a writer and full-time advocate for Unconditional Basic Income (UBI). In this episode, we go deep on the case for (and against) UBI, from philosophical, economic, moral, and socio-political perspectives.Check out Ground News - The world's first news comparison platform. Download the Ground News App for free: https://ground.news/zubyFollow Zuby - https://twitter.com/zubymusic Follow Scott - https://twitter.com/scottsantensSupport Zuby on Patreon - https://patreon.com/zubymusic Special thanks to GOLD TIER Patreon members: Ebele Achor, Adam Patterson, Joseph...2021-04-261h 47
IntrinsicUniversal Basic Income and Housing: A Conversation with Scott Santens, March Gallagher, and Kevin O'ConnorIn this episode, we dive deep into the issues of affordable housing, homelessness, and how UBI could impact them. Scott Santens is one of the leading advocates for UBI on social media. March Gallagher is the Comptroller of Ulster County, where a UBI pilot was just announced a week after this episode was recorded. Kevin O'Connor is a CEO of RUPCO, a nonprofit that builds quality affordable housing in the Hudson Valley region of New York State.
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Activist Theology PodcastUnconditional Basic Income - A Conversation with Scott SantensAcknowledged by Andrew Yang in his book The War on Normal People as one of those who helped shape his thinking, and described by historian Rutger Bregman as "by far, the most effective basic income activist out there," Scott Santens has lived with a crowdfunded basic income since 2016 and has been researching and advocating for UBI around the world since 2013. He is currently serving on the board of directors of the Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity and is the editor of Basic Income Today, a daily UBI news hub. In 2020, he served as Senior Policy Advisor to Mike Broihier...2021-02-1857 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseAn Engineering Argument for Universal Basic Income (UBI)This one is a straight up, matter of fact, reality-driven argument for UBI. There will always be failure, and so we should plan for that failure, so that when people fail, it isn't life-threatening. It's a resilience argument for fault-tolerant design of our social and economic system. UBI introduces redundancy, graceful failure, and proportional control.
This is the engineering argument for UBI: We are all living, breathing, human beings, and we all need money to obtain the food and housing and everything else we need to stay alive. The best way to make sure...2021-02-1110 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseThe Quentin Tarantino Argument for Universal Basic Income (UBI)I've mentioned this argument in a few podcasts over the years, but I finally got around to writing it up as a new part of my UBI FAQ. This argument is another response to the common claim that people provided UBI will just watch TV and play video games. Instead of the usual response using available behavioral evidence, this instead asks, "What's wrong with that?"
How are we to know that someone watching a ton of movies isn't going to be the next Quentin Tarantino? How are we to know that someone spending all their time playing v...2020-12-1613 min
Pod of GoldUBI: A Star Trek Future | Scott SantensUnconditional Basic Income. People around the world are in desperate need of economic relief in a pandemic that has exposed and exacerbated extreme levels of disparity and poverty. A basic income could be the solution. In this episode, we speak with Scott Santens, a writer and advocate for UBI who is also the first person to crowdfund his own poverty-level basic income. We ask about his argument for UBI, the barriers to achieving it, and the future he sees possible for humanity.The post UBI: A Star Trek Future | Scott Santens appeared first on Pod of Gold.2020-12-1542 min
Our Portland with Sarah IannaroneGuaranteed Basic Income w/ Scott SantensSarah discusses her proposed Guaranteed Basic Income pilot and is later joined by Scott Santens, full-time advocate for Unconditional Basic Income.2020-10-2146 min
Movement for a Peoples Party PodcastPeoples Convention Part 4: Why We Need a New Party With Jamarl Thomas, Ron Placone, Maebe A Girl, Niko House, Massey Branscomb, and Scott SantensPart 4 - 33:45
- Jamarl Thomas on leaving behind a Democratic Party establishment that rejects the demands of the majority
- Ron Placone on our dismal two-party electoral options
- Maebe A Girl on the importance of electing representatives from the 99% at all levels of government
- Niko House on focusing on policies instead of cults of personality and how unrepresented we are by the duopoly
- Massey Branscomb on how to do good no matter what your lot in life
- Scott Santens on how we can...2020-10-1233 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseMy Response to Steve Forbes' Opposition to UBISteve Forbes recently came out against UBI in a 3-minute video that was filled to the brim with the standard objections to UBI, including the notion that everyone would stop working (which would hurt the economy and their dignity), which of course was really rich coming from someone really rich, who could have never worked a day in his life, but for some reason still did with his inheritance of the family business.
In response I wrote a long thread on Twitter, which I then used as a script for a video response, which I spent a w...2020-08-2511 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseUBI as the Social Vaccine of the 21st CenturyI originally published this article in 2015, and to this day it remains an article I frequently link to in order to help people understand how expensive poverty is, and how much we would save by directly abolishing it with unconditional basic income. Whenever someone makes the claim that UBI is simply too expensive, use what I talk about here and ask in return, "What is the cost of not implementing UBI?" Understand that poverty isn't free, and you will understand the return on investment in abolishing poverty, just like the ROI we experience every day in a world now...2020-07-1620 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseTyranny of Kindess: Part 3The horror show that is our conditional welfare system remains unknown to most everyone. In 1993, Theresa Funiciello wrote a Pulitzer-nominated book to try to help change that by laying bare the details she learned as a welfare mother herself, and as someone who worked at an organization devoted to helping people in the welfare system. Her book is considered to be one of the most important books on welfare and poverty in America to ever be published, and it concludes with a call for unconditional basic income as the only solution to fix what's broken.
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Rhiz Above It - Stories on Pursuing DreamsEpisode 11: Scott Santens on Universal Basic IncomeIn our latest episode, we talk about the potential ripple effect of universal basic income with (former small business owner) Scott Santens, a prominent advocate on the subject.
Scott was an early advocate and was even cited by Andrew Yang in the book The War on Normal People as influencing his thoughts on the matter.
We discuss how an extra, reliable financial cushion might help inspire current and potential entrepreneurs, especially post-Covid, by reducing stress and helping clear one's mind.
Listen in, as Scott describes some of universal basic income (UBI)'s history...2020-06-241h 03
The Hardy ReportScott Santens on the case for Unconditional Basic IncomeScott Santens on the case for Unconditional Basic Income.
You can find out more about him on Twitter at @ScottSantens or at ScottSantens.com.
The Hardy Report is a political news and current affairs podcast, bringing you interviews with a range of activists, campaigners and politicians from across the political spectrum in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Fred's Front Porch PodcastScott Santens: True Freedom Comes With Basic IncomeScott Santens, arguably the greatest mind on Universal Basic Income, graciously gave me permission to "cover" his essay "True Freedom Comes With Basic Income." I'm grateful to him.
The opening 6 minutes are my introduction. The rest of the episode is made up of his words.
Human Trafficking is a sickness that can be, if not entirely eliminated, certainly at least slowed, by giving everyone the means to survive independent of the work they do. He makes that point brilliantly in this essay.
If you would like to su...2020-06-1038 min
Yang Gang Round TableEpisode 61 - Q&A with Universal Basic Income Advocate Scott Santens5/22/2020 Q&A with Basic Income Advocate Scott Santens. #UBI
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The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseTrue Freedom Comes With UBIThis episode is a reading of my article published on November 11, 2016 about the importance of UBI to attaining freedom for all. Freedom for all would be an achievement only spoken about in rhetoric and hypotheticals. There will never be true freedom from sexual and corporate exploitation and all forms of slavery until freedom is actually granted unconditionally to all, with unconditional basic income. Until UBI, the decisions we make will remain compulsory and without our full consent instead of freely chosen.
Read this article: https://medium.com/basic-income/true-freedom-comes-with-basic-income-7ff1368e170
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Sorry for RamblingScott SantensUBI advocate and policy advisor Scott Santens joins the show to talk about why he believes America needs a Basic Income.
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The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseThe Future of the United States Depends on the Immediate Adoption of Universal Basic IncomeThis episode is a reading of my article published on April 8, 2020 that goes into what a terrible idea it is to dump everyone onto the unemployment rolls in response to the coronavirus crisis, how automation means many of those jobs are now permanently gone, and just how many lives are likely to be lost as a result. I consider what Congress is doing as political malpractice. The amount of suffering already happening and that will happen in the weeks, months, and years ahead, is entirely avoidable, but it requires Universal Basic Income. Listen to this episode, and you will...2020-04-1022 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseTyranny of Kindness: Part 2The horror show that is our conditional welfare system remains unknown to most everyone. In 1993, Theresa Funiciello wrote a Pulitzer-nominated book to try to help change that by laying bare the details she learned as a welfare mother herself, and as someone who worked at an organization devoted to helping people in the welfare system. Her book is considered to be one of the most important books on welfare and poverty in America to ever be published, and it concludes with a call for unconditional basic income as the only solution to fix what's broken.
In this...2019-12-211h 42
Mind WaveHumanity First (10) Scott SantensWe chat with Scott Santens about Universal Basic Income, the Power to Say No and the Freedom to Say Yes, the Empowerment of Women, the Elimination of Poverty and Exploitation, the Value of Work, Exploration and Trust, Tyranny of Kindness, and the moral case for Andrew Yang.
Shoutout to Brendan Carpenter and @Universal72Lies for submitting questions
Follow @ScottSantens on Twitter and bookmark ScottSantens.news for updates.
“We’re basically burning giant piles of money not having a basic income" - Scott Santens
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The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseWhy Should We Support the Idea of an Unconditional Basic Income?In 2014, I self-published my first article on Medium that to this day I think remains a solid introduction to UBI. Up until this article, I'd been reading a lot about UBI and engaging in a lot of discussion on Reddit about UBI, but this was my first attempt at "giving back" to the discussion with my own thoughts. It did quite well, getting over 100,000 views and because of its success, I was inspired to keep writing new articles, following it up next with my article about UBI and inflation which was even more widely read and shared. In this...2019-09-2619 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseTyranny of Kindness: Chapter 1The horror show that is our conditional welfare system remains unknown to most everyone. In 1993, Theresa Funiciello wrote a Pulitzer-nominated book to try to help change that by laying bare the details she learned as a welfare mother herself, and as someone who worked at an organization devoted to helping people in the welfare system, and as someone who even became Special Assistant to the Commissioner of New York State's Department of Social Services. Her book is considered to be one of the most important books on welfare and poverty in America to ever be published, and it concludes...2019-08-251h 05
Pitchfork Economics with Nick HanauerA skeptic's guide to Universal Basic Income (with Scott Santens and Sukhi Samra)You can’t throw a rock without hitting a wandering conversation about Universal Basic Income these days—but in our office, we’re still skeptical. For the first in a two-episode series exploring guaranteed income and its sister idea, guaranteed jobs, UBI expert Scott Santens and Sukhi Samra, the executive director of a real-life UBI experiment in California, join Nick and Paul to make the case for a universal basic income. Scott Santens is a prominent UBI advocate with a crowdfunded income via Patreon. As a writer and blogger, his pieces advocating for basic income have appeared in The...2019-08-2049 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseHow We Can Transform America’s Broken Economic System to Work for EveryoneOriginally published in 2015, this article was written as an introduction to systems thinking, and how if we look at the United States as a system, we can reform it in systemic ways to function better, not just for some citizens, but for every citizen. I think fellow Andrew Yang supporters will appreciate how almost everything I proposed as a fix made it into Yang's campaign platform, from universal basic income and universal health care, to ranked-choice voting and measuring our success using things that matter to us instead of GDP.
Read the article: https...2019-08-0750 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseThere is No Policy Proposal More Progressive than Andrew Yang’s Freedom DividendIn this podcast I make the case that there's no policy being proposed by any 2020 Presidential candidate that's as progressive as Andrew Yang’s Freedom Dividend. This is for all the progressives who think otherwise.
Read the article: https://medium.com/basic-income/there-is-no-policy-proposal-more-progressive-than-andrew-yangs-freedom-dividend-72d3850a6245
For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq
You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens
You can also sign up for my...2019-07-2328 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseSam Seder and Scott Santens: The Lost UBI InterviewOn January 19th, 2017, I recorded an interview with Sam Seder as his guest on his Ring of Fire podcast to talk about UBI. Until yesterday, I was under the impression the episode had never been posted, because I was never told about it, never saw it shared anywhere, and could never find it anywhere when I searched for it. Turns out, the interview was behind a paywall this whole time. Sam has now graciously made the full episode available without a paywall, and for those only interested in my 20-minute segment, here it is.
...2019-07-1723 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseIt’s Time We Take a Closer Look at America’s Three Favorite Words: Freedom, Liberty, and DemocracyFreedom, liberty, democracy… these words are used so often that we give them little real thought, rarely holding them up to the realities of what we see around us. What do these words really mean? Do they currently exist for us to celebrate as we appear to think they do? And if not, is there anything we can do about it? Let’s take a closer look.
Read the article on Medium: https://medium.com/basic-income/its-time-we-take-a-closer-look-at-americas-three-favorite-words-f512f8a1ad6f
For more info about UBI, please refer to my U...2019-07-0431 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseAgrarian Justice by Thomas PaineIn the Winter of 1795 and 1796, one of the the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, Thomas Paine, wrote an essay that to this day over two centuries later, remains perhaps the greatest justification of all justifications for unconditional basic income. His argument is founded on the principles of justice, where all human beings are owed their natural inheritance, and the injustice of a civilization that makes some people worse off than what nature would otherwise provide is an injustice that must be rectified. In his words, UBI is a right, not a charity, that will give currency...2019-06-2739 min
The Scott Santens UBI Enterprise‘Universal Basic Income Doesn’t Work’ Says New Prime Example of Fake NewsIn April 2019, a report titled “Universal Basic Income: A Union Perspective” was paid for and published by Public Services International (PSI), a global trade union representing 20 million workers employed around the world providing public services. This report was authored by Anna Coote and Edanur Yazici of the New Economics Foundation (NEF), a British left-leaning think-tank. They concluded that providing services to all is better than providing income to all. In this episode, I explain how this report, and how it was rolled out, is a prime example of a disinformation campaign designed to manipulate public opinion against the idea of u...2019-06-0338 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseIn Praise of Idleness by Bertrand RussellIn 1932, Bertrand Russell wrote one of my all-time favorite essays. In Praise of Idleness focuses on humanity's infatuation with work, and how if we divided the work more evenly instead of relegating some to poverty and others to overwork, we could all work four hours a day without anyone being unemployed, and with more leisure for all. And this was about 100 years ago, so how many hours would make the most sense to Bertrand now? If you've never read this essay before, you're in for a treat.
Read the essay: http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.h...2019-05-2835 min
Moving Forward#4 Scott Santens, on UBI💵We talk to writer and UBI advocate Scott Santens about the economic and social benefits of Andrew Yang’s Freedom Dividend policy. Topics include crowdfunding, universal child allowances, and responses to both left and right wing criticisms of UBI.2019-05-261h 14
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseThe Progressive Case for Replacing the Welfare State with Universal Basic IncomeBack in 2016, I pitched an article to TechCrunch about explaining the progressive case for replacing welfare programs with unconditional basic income. This is the article I wrote which continues to be widely shared by readers as one of their favorites of mine, especially now that Andrew Yang is running for president on a UBI design that offers people the choice of basic income or welfare.
TechCrunch link: https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/09/the-progressive-case-for-replacing-the-welfare-state-with-basic-income/
Medium link: https://medium.com/basic-income/the-progressive-case-for-replacing-the-welfare-state-with-basic-income-e8bd02c5875e
For more info...2019-05-1720 min
Dismissed with Jeremy Williams#320 Scott Santens - Putting Humanity First Through Basic IncomeDescribed by historian Rutger Bregman as "by far, the most effective basic income activist out there" Scott Santens has lived with a crowdfunded monthly basic income since 2016 and has been a moderator of the Basic Income community on Reddit since 2013. As a writer and blogger, his pieces about basic income have appeared in the World Economic Forum, The Boston Globe, TechCrunch, Vox, The Huffington Post, Politico, Business Insider, and Futurism among others. As a public speaker, he presented at the first World Summit on Technological Unemployment and has given keynotes and participated as a panelist at conferences across the...2019-05-1558 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseWhat if you had a monthly basic income floor of $1,000? I decided to find out.Back in 2016, I was asked by Vox.com if I'd like to write an article for them about what it's like having a basic income. What have I learned about UBI through having it? Do I look differently at UBI thanks to my own personal experience? This is the article I wrote.
Read the article: https://medium.com/basic-income/what-if-you-got-1-000-a-month-just-for-being-alive-i-decided-to-find-out-9e8591976c37
For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq
You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: patreon.com/scottsantens 2019-05-1017 min
Something Good HappenedSeason 2 Ep 5: Scott Santens and Harvey the HeroWe talk to Scott Santens about UBI and Anya shares a story about a heroic dog with us.
Article we foundhttps://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Shelter-Dog-That-Saved-Kittens-Trapped-in-Storm-Drain-Found-His-Forever-Home-508704401.html
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Email us: mcsomethinggoodhappened@gmail.com2019-05-0528 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseFull UnemploymentIn this episode I read one of my all-time favorite essays about universal basic income and how our goal as a society should be full unemployment, not full employment. This essay was written by John Bentley back in 2005, and was one of the earlier things I ever read about UBI that I've read over and over again since, and as a result has greatly influenced my own thinking. By sharing it with all of you now, I hope it will influence your own thinking as well.
Read the essay: https://www.philorum.org/speech/20051207JohnBentley.html2019-04-2449 minThe Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseMy Q&A Interview with Forbes About Universal Basic IncomeBack in September of 2016, I did an interview for Forbes about a fully universal unconditional basic income and to this day I think it remains one of my better summaries of UBI for those new to the idea, and even those familiar with the idea. It succinctly covers most of the main points and I think can be a useful way of introducing people to UBI, so I've recorded the interview as a podcast and hopefully more people will find it by listening to it.
Read the full interview in Forbes: https://www.forbes.c...2019-04-2017 minThe Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseUBI Nordic 2019 Panel on the Future of WorkOn April 6th, 2019 I was part of a panel in Oslo, Norway about the Future of Work alongside fellow panelists Guy Standing, Becca Kirkpatrick, and James Bloodworth. The panel was chaired by Basic Income UK's Barb Jacobsen and was part of UBI Nordic 2019.
Panel description: The nature of work continues to change drastically. Experts predict that automation and AI will lead to massive job losses, and the growth of the “gig” economy is creating unstable jobs, with increased demands on flexibility and efficiency. Temporary positions create income insecurity for workers, and there will be a need to updat...2019-04-131h 26
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseThink Like a Martian About Money and UBIThis was the opening keynote speech I gave at the Imagine Belfast Festival of Ideas & Politics in Northern Ireland on March 26, 2019.
From the perspective of beings not from this world, what is money? Why do some humans have so much of it while most have so little? And what message would it convey if human civilization trusted every human being with a minimum amount of access to resources by way of UBI?
Full test of the speech: https://medium.com/basic-income/think-like-a-martian-about-money-and-universal-basic-income-ubi-d543922f06d3
...2019-03-2723 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseWould Universal Basic Income (UBI) Just Cause Massive Inflation?By far, one of the the most common concerns, if not the most common concern, in regards to the idea of Universal Basic Income (UBI) is that all prices will inevitably go up as a result, immediately reducing the value of each dollar, and essentially creating a new zero. Let’s call it the “New Zero Argument” against UBI. This episode dives deep into that argument and reveals just how baseless such an argument actually is, given all the variables in the inflation equation, and all the evidence we have to plug into it.
Read t...2019-03-2236 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseMy Reddit AMA in the /r/YangForPresidentHQ SubredditOn March 1st, 2019 I did an AMA (Ask Me Anything) in the /r/YangForPresidentHQ subreddit the day after Andrew Yang did his AMA in the /r/politics subreddit. For about three to four hours I answered questions from people new to the idea of UBI as well as those who've known about it for years. In this episode I read those questions and my answers to them.
Link to my AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/YangForPresidentHQ/comments/aw8ld7/hi_im_scott_santens_basic_income_advocate_and_mod/
...2019-03-1348 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseMy Unconditional Basic Income Testimony for Maryland's House Ways and Means CommitteeIn mid-February I was contacted by the legislative aide for Delegate Gabriel Acevero of Maryland who has introduced a bill to create a social wealth fund intended to eventually pay out a cash dividend to every resident of Maryland. As a prominent advocate for UBI, I was asked to provide a couple pages of written testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee about why such a bill is so important. The following is my prepared testimony as submitted for the hearing on March 1, 2019.
The full text is available on my blog: scottsantens.com...2019-03-0612 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseThis Idea Can Literally Change the World: Partial Basic Income through Universal Carbon DividendsA Bipartisan Free Market Solution to Climate Change Through Atmospheric Justice
In the past year since I originally wrote this article, over 3,300 economists have now signed onto a statement in support of carbon dividends, recommending that the most cost-effective way to reduce carbon emissions at the scale and speed necessary to act sufficiently on climate change is to implement an annually rising carbon tax where the revenue is returned directly to U.S. citizens through equal lump-sum rebates. This policy recommendation is thus officially now the largest public declaration in the history of economics...2019-02-2120 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseIf You Think Basic Income is “Free Money” or Socialism, Think AgainA common first reaction to hearing about a fully unconditional and universal basic income is that it's socialism or that it's free money and nothing is free. Both reflexes are wrong, and this episode gets into why.
Text: https://medium.com/basic-income/if-you-think-basic-income-is-free-money-or-socialism-think-again-4a17e8d15b1
For more info about UBI, please refer to my FAQ:
scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq
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patreon.com/scottsantens2019-02-1919 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseWhat is There to Learn From Finland's Basic Income Experiment? Did It Succeed or Fail?After two years of experimentation within a two-year experimental design, Finland released on February 8, 2019, preliminary results of their basic income experiment. For anyone who reads the full report, it can be considered nothing short of both promising and fascinating, but what it can’t be called is complete, because the results are still preliminary and based on only the first half of the experiment. With that said, as is also true of the experiments in the U.S. and Canada in the 1970s, there are certainly some conclusions that can and can’t be drawn within the proper context of t...2019-02-1424 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseFrom Rats in Cages to Primates in Paradise — The Scientific Story of Stress in SocietyIs the technological automation of human labor the greatest justification for unconditional basic income? In this episode, I dive deep into how our problems are very much in the present by going beyond technology and economics, and into human biology itself. I cover what we as humans have learned from animals in the lab and in the wild, and then apply it to the UBI discussion.
Text: https://medium.com/basic-income/human-park-a-mammals-guide-to-stress-free-living-17f6cab007b3
For more info about UBI, please refer to my FAQ:
scottsantens.com...2019-02-0740 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseBasic Income is now a dominant discussion in India's 2019 general electionBasic income is now a dominant discussion in India's 2019 general election. Here I explain the difference between what's being discussed and how actual UBI works. I also get into some of the details that are commonly misunderstood.
Text: http://www.scottsantens.com/basic-income-is-now-a-dominant-discussion-in-india-2019-ubi
For more info about UBI, please refer to my FAQ:
scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq
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patreon.com/scottsantens2019-01-3110 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseTrickle-Down Economics Must Die, Long Live Grow-Up EconomicsThis is an audio version of my article which you can read on Medium:
medium.com/basic-income/trickle-down-economics-must-die-long-live-grow-up-economics-5b8334a0db76
For more info about UBI, please refer to my FAQ:
scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq
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patreon.com/scottsantens2019-01-3026 minThe Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseUK Talk Radio Appearance, January 12, 2019Here's my January 12th, 2019 appearance on talkRADIO's The Saturday Show with Alexis Conran to talk with him about basic income and why it should replace Universal Credit in the UK.2019-01-2212 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseDoug Ford Cancelled Ontario's Basic Income Pilot Experiment Because It Was WorkingThis is an audio version of my article which you can read on Medium:
https://medium.com/basic-income/doug-ford-cancelled-ontarios-basic-income-pilot-experiment-because-it-was-working-75dd504d5fe6
For more info about UBI, please refer to my FAQ:
scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq
You can support my work through Anchor or Patreon:
patreon.com/scottsantens2019-01-1921 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseDeep Learning Is Going to Teach Us All the Lesson of Our Lives: Jobs Are for MachinesThis is an audio version of my article which you can read on Medium:
https://medium.com/basic-income/deep-learning-is-going-to-teach-us-all-the-lesson-of-our-lives-jobs-are-for-machines-7c6442e37a49
For more info about UBI, please refer to my FAQ:
scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq
You can support my work on Patreon:
patreon.com/scottsantens 2018-12-2222 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseThe Real Story of AutomationRobots are hiding in plain sight. It’s time we stop ignoring them.
This is an audio version of my article which you can read on Medium:
https://medium.com/basic-income/the-real-story-of-automation-beginning-with-one-simple-chart-8b95f9bad71b
For more info about UBI, please refer to my FAQ:
scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq
You can support my work on Patreon:
patreon.com/scottsantens2018-12-1420 min
The Basic Income PodcastRemembering Gerald Huff, feat. Jane Huff and Scott SantensRecently, we lost a basic income champion: Gerald Huff. Huff was a technologist, entrepreneur and, at the end of his life, author of Crisis 2038, a sci-fi novel that has basic income as a central plot element. Huff died of pancreatic cancer on November 17th. His daughter, Jane Huff, and basic income advocate Scott Santens joined the podcast to remember Gerald and discuss his novel and basic income advocacy.
Crisis 2038 is available now as an ebook on Amazon, and the paperback version is available for preorder.2018-12-1200 min
Podcast Archive - The Basic Income PodcastRemembering Gerald Huff, feat. Jane Huff and Scott SantensRecently, we lost a basic income champion: Gerald Huff. Huff was a technologist, entrepreneur and, at the end of his life, author of Crisis 2038, a sci-fi novel that has basic income as a central plot element. Huff died of pancreatic cancer on November 17th. His daughter, Jane Huff, and basic income advocate Scott Santens joined the podcast to remember Gerald and discuss his novel and basic income advocacy.
Crisis 2038 is available now as an ebook on Amazon, and the paperback version is available for preorder.
The post Remembering Gerald Huff, feat. Jane Huff and Scott Sa...2018-12-1200 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseWhat People Get Most Wrong About Unconditional Basic IncomeProspect Magazine approached me to write an article for them about what people get most wrong about unconditional basic income. It was published on December 3, 2018. This is my narration of the pre-edited version of that article which I've posted to my blog:
http://www.scottsantens.com/what-people-get-most-wrong-about-unconditional-basic-income
For more info about UBI, please refer to my FAQ:
www.scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq
You can support my work on Patreon:
www.patreon.com/scottsantens2018-12-0807 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseThe Monsters, Inc. Argument for Unconditional Basic IncomeHow to convert an economy based on fear to one based on joy.
We discovered something monstrous that works, and we use it to drive our economy. We've done it for so long, we don't even question it, and we never even tested a far more powerful alternative - UBI.
This is an audio version of my article which you can read on Medium:
https://medium.com/basic-income/the-monsters-inc-argument-for-unconditional-basic-income-3b22b63eed3e
For more info about UBI, please refer to my FAQ:
www.scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq
Support my work on Patreon:
www.patreon.com/scottsantens2018-11-2412 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseWhat We Need to Truly Thrive: Democracy and Unconditional Basic IncomeThis is the recorded audio of a keynote speech I wrote for my appearance on stage in Ireland at DemCon 2018. It's an argument for unconditional basic income as being a missing fundamental foundation for democracy, and how we need both working together if we're going to survive as a civilization.
The text of this speech is available here:
https://medium.com/basic-income/what-we-need-to-truly-thrive-democracy-and-unconditional-basic-income-ccdbe72cefa5
The slide deck I created for this presentation is available here:
https://www.slideshare.net/ScottSantens/unconditional-basic-income-and-democracy
For more info about UBI, please refer to my FAQ:
www.scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq
Support my work on Patreon:
...2018-11-1534 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseIt’s Time for Technology to Serve all Humankind with Unconditional Basic IncomeThis is a keynote speech I wrote for my appearance on stage in Sweden at Oredev 2017 that I've since recorded in audiobook form. It's effectively an in-depth introductory summary to technological unemployment and the idea of unconditional basic income.
Text available here:
https://medium.com/basic-income/its-time-for-technology-to-serve-all-humankind-with-unconditional-basic-income-e46329764d28
Slide deck available here:
https://www.slideshare.net/ScottSantens/cutting-the-gordian-knot-of-technological-unemployment
For more info about UBI, please refer to my FAQ:
www.scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq
Support my work on Patreon:
www.patreon.com/scottsantens2018-11-1559 min
The Scott Santens UBI EnterpriseThe Zombification of Intellectual Property and the Tool That Could Finally Reform ItHow IP-Funded Basic Income Could Enrich the Public Domain.
It's time we reduce the perceived need for intellectual property by guaranteeing everyone an unconditional basic income, and funding it as an IP dividend using royalty fees from patents and copyrights.
This is an audio version of my essay which you can read on Medium:
https://medium.com/basic-income/the-zombification-of-intellectual-property-and-the-tool-that-could-finally-reform-it-2ec037309837
For more info about UBI, please refer to my FAQ:
http://www.scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq
Support my work on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/scottsantens2018-11-1423 min
The JB PodcastThe JB Podcast Episode 25- Scott Santens.The JB Podcast Episode 25- Scott Santens.2018-07-031h 11
Mark Metry Show#84 - Scott Santens | Money for Nothing? The Truth About Universal / Unconditional Basic Income (UBI)Scott Santens is a writer and advocate of basic income for all; Citizen of Earth and New Orleans; Bachelor of Science in Psychology; Moderator of the /r/BasicIncome community on Reddit; Founder of the BIG Patreon Creator Pledge, and overall a great Human 2.0! Check out Scott's auto-bio here: ou may also know me as "2noame", or as "that basic income guy from the Atlantic article talking about fish", or "that guy on Huffington Post warning about the effects of self-driving trucks in an America without a basic income already in place", or that speaker who presented...2018-06-041h 03
Punk Rock HR002: Basic Income with Scott SantensLiving wages are a topic of high controversy. Why should someone get paid just for being alive? How can society and business thrive in such an environment? It’s not as hard as you might think and some of the benefits are surprising. Today, Laurie talks with Scott Santens, a proponent of the living wage, and he’ll make you think twice about it. If you’re not familiar with the term ‘basic income,’ Scott lays it bare. It’s where you create an income floor for everyone, universally, that will cover their basic needs. This would remove the need for...2018-03-3034 min
Punk Rock HRBasic Income with Scott SantensLiving wages are a topic of high controversy. Why should someone get paid just for being alive? How can society and business thrive in such an environment? It’s not as hard as you might think and some of the benefits are surprising. Today, Laurie talks with Scott Santens, a proponent of the living wage, and he’ll make you think twice about it.
If you’re not familiar with the term ‘basic income,’ Scott lays it bare. It’s where you create an income floor for everyone, universally, that will cover their basic needs. This would remove the need for...2018-03-3037 min
Punk Rock HRBasic Income with Scott SantensLiving wages are a topic of high controversy. Why should someone get paid just for being alive? How can society and business thrive in such an environment? It’s not as hard as you might think and some of the benefits are surprising. Today, Laurie talks with Scott Santens, a proponent of the living wage, and he’ll make you think twice about it. If you’re not familiar with the term ‘basic income,’ Scott lays it bare. It’s where you create an income floor for everyone, universally, that will cover their basic needs. This would remove the need for...2018-03-3034 min
Exponential ViewBasic income: A conversation between Scott Santens and Azeem AzharScott Santens is a writer and an advocate for universal basic income. His articles have been featured in TechCrunch, Boston Globe, and Politico, among others. Scott coauthored two books: “What Do We Do About Inequality?” and “Surviving the Machine Age: Intelligent Technology and the Transformation of Human Work”. He moderates /r/BasicIncome community on Reddit. In this episode, Scott talks about why he believes “citizens’ salary” is a necessary measure for our societies to deal with tech unemployment by providing an independent income floor. He finds it paradoxical that we keep on developing technology to help us do more, while ending up bein...2017-05-0541 minExponential ViewBasic income: A conversation between Scott Santens and Azeem AzharScott Santens is a writer and an advocate for universal basic income. His articles have been featured in TechCrunch, Boston Globe, and Politico, among others. Scott coauthored two books: “What Do We Do About Inequality?” and “Surviving the Machine Age: Intelligent Technology and the Transformation of Human Work”. He moderates /r/BasicIncome community on Reddit.
In this episode, Scott talks about why he believes “citizens’ salary” is a necessary measure for our societies to deal with tech unemployment by providing an independent income floor. He finds it paradoxical that we keep on developing technology to help us do more, while ending up bein...2017-05-0541 min
Citizen Philosophy2 – Scott Santens – Basic IncomeIn this episode I speak with Scott Santens, a writer and advocate for basic income, the economic idea of providing with all citizens an unconditional basic income guarantee sufficient to meet minimal living needs.
We discuss the merits of this idea, the potential problems it can address, clearing some of the misconceptions, and tackle some of the common objections.
Show notes:
Scott Santens' Website
Basic Income Subreddit
BasicIncome.org
2017-02-0900 min
The Citizen Philosophy Podcast2 - Scott Santens - Universal Basic IncomeIn this episode I speak with Scott Santens, a writer and advocate for basic income, the economic idea of providing with all citizens an unconditional basic income guarantee sufficient to meet minimal living needs.
We discuss the merits of this idea, the potential problems it can address, clearing some of the misconceptions, and tackle some of the common objections.
Links and show notes at https://citizenphilosophy.com/2-scott-santens-basic-income/2017-02-091h 21
Out of The Box PodcastEpisode 105 Scott Santens - Universal Basic Income Advocate/WriterComedian Rosie Tran (@FunnyRosie) interview Basic Income expert and advocate, Scott Santens (@ScottSantens) about the concept of a Basic Income. With growing unemployment, massive government bureaucracy, and lack of individual freedom in the current welfare system, Basic Income is a bi-partisan policy that has been proven in many test samples to solve some of our current issues. This passionate and thoughtful podcast guest explains many of the misconceptions about this progressive policy.2016-10-0457 minPodcast Archive - The Basic Income PodcastScott Santens on Having a Basic IncomeScott Santens, who crowdfunds his own basic income, discusses the experience of having wage security, and where he sees the future of technology taking us.
The post Scott Santens on Having a Basic Income appeared first on The Basic Income Podcast.2016-08-1700 min
Constellation: Making the Graphic Novel060: Scott Santens on “Is Basic Income Part of Our Future and Should It Be?”In today’s episode we are joined by basic income advocate Scott Santens. Scott explains his version of a basic income and how it might be paid for. Although future technological unemployment might increase the need for a basic income, there are actually many reasons besides concerns about automation to adopt such a policy. We discuss the various advantages of basic […]2015-07-3056 min