Rethinking work

Another interesting hour from To The Best of Our Knowledge.

Rethinking Work –

American companies generate a lot of wealth. But Americans aren’t seeing much of it. Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff says that’s because today’s corporations are obsessed with one thing — growth. We’ll find out why our economy’s operating system is broken and how we can fix it, as we rethink work. Also, we’ll explore the six-hour work day and the case for a universal basic income.

I’ve recently completed Rushkoff’s Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus (highly recommended) and Dan Lyons’ Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble is towards the top of my to-read list.

I have been thinking lately about Universal Basic Income, and the interview here with Rutger Bregman has some useful insights. (Which means I’ll need to read his Utopia for Realists: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-Hour Workweek soon, too.)

The phrase that really jumped out at me, and which will likely become the title of a future blog post, was that “UBI is the dividend of progress”. Ties in nicely with my musings a few years back on the idea, If the government were run like a business…