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> So a profit motive will always beat out a non-market based approach, which isn’t really news

Call me a dreamer, but I wonder if that would remain true in a UBI-style environment?

if there is a scarce useful resource being used and acquired then yes?

I think people would be tempted to try more and crazier things to earn more money because the risk of failure is lessened in that scenario.