But they wouldn't be paid to NOT work. That is, working wouldn't cause them to not receive the UBI.
Consider this. When you read the history of science, it's filled with Gentlemen. No, not guys who hold the door for a lady, guys who didn't have to punch a clock for their next meal. That's because they weren't busy wasting their minds while they toiled away to scratch a living together.
People achieve because it feels good to achieve. Some achievements bring money, some do not. If anything, having to work a day job stands in the way of achievement.
WRT the reason article. All were predicated on "if we don't do something now". Then we formed the EPA, implemented emissions controls on automobiles, banned CFCs, set emissions limits on various industrial processes, etc.
So many do that now, a few more won't matter. And worse, many who do it now could just retire and call it a day, but they prefer to keep collecting their usury.
I guess you're morally fine with forcing someone to do an entirely meaningless job, and further throwing good money after bad hiring people to make sure that person faithfully performs useless work all to protect your delicate sensibilities.
I suspect very few will choose to live solely on UBI. Think about it, on UBI you can afford a basic apartment, clothes, an OK car, and decent food. But if you do some work, you can afford a nicer apartment, better food, a nice car, designer clothes and/or a nice vacation.
Under UBI, you will see more artisans and more freelancers. You will still see some 'day jobs', but the bosses/managers will tend to be polite to employees and reasonably accomodating out of necessity.
Even under our current system, it's not that unusual for someone on unemployment or welfare to do some work "off the books" for a little spare cash even when they can't get a proper job that would actually remove the need for their benefit. They might do more and do it openly but they can't afford to lose the benefit unless the work would be steady enough and pay adequately..
Especially at first, there will likely be people who will just sit on the couch and veg. However, like retirees who can't or won't find something better to do upon retirement, they will tend die off fast from natural causes.
Believe me, we're trying. It's a bit hard since some of these idiots are so regressive they'd still be claiming it's cold and fake shivering even if you left them in death valley and set their asses on fire.
To be fair, most of those predictions "use by" date are still in the future. You can't really complain that they haven't yet come to pass when they weren't expected to yet.
If the average is constant, you will record fewer new extremes as time goes on. We are recording more extremes suggesting that we have a real problem here.
In other words, you should expect regression to the mean, not divergence.
Except if they don't release enough water into lake Mojave, it will dry up. It does make things clearer though, they have a proper reservoir to pump from.
The most obvious way to see it is to call the flow rate needed downstream as X. So during peak demand, we spill X + Y and generate power. When there is a surplus from renewables, we pump Y back up leaving X for the other uses.
Ideally you build a smaller reservoir below the dam to hold Y until it gets pumped back up.
Hoover Dam is in Nevada. But note, the water isn't lost when it's pumped back behind the dam, it's only delayed.
Currently, Hoover is operating at 20% capacity. It needs to stay at least at that level for the sake of water management downstream and not overflowing lake Mead. However, that doesn't mean it can't spill more during peak demand (instead of running fossil fuel plants) and pump the excess back when renewables are producing a surplus.
You must be talking about some other incident. Nobody in this incident had a history of 19 arrests.
That odd sensation you feel is probably just the ears and tail growing in. Soon you'll make a loud braying sound. Don't worry, it's just a wild take, it'll all go away in the next scene.
Youtube isn't doing that. If you upload a 4:3 video, it will be shown uncropped and without pillarbox in a 4:3 player. If you upload a 16:9 video, it will be shown in a 16:9 player.
Currently, it doesn't predict anything. HOWEVER, once complete (if successful), it will be a cleaner and more natural formalism. It should also be able to unify relativity/gravity with QM. THAT should produce some strong predictions.
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If I give you income there is no motivation for you to do anything.
Have you quit your job to live on welfare? Why not?
But they wouldn't be paid to NOT work. That is, working wouldn't cause them to not receive the UBI.
Consider this. When you read the history of science, it's filled with Gentlemen. No, not guys who hold the door for a lady, guys who didn't have to punch a clock for their next meal. That's because they weren't busy wasting their minds while they toiled away to scratch a living together.
People achieve because it feels good to achieve. Some achievements bring money, some do not. If anything, having to work a day job stands in the way of achievement.
WRT the reason article. All were predicated on "if we don't do something now". Then we formed the EPA, implemented emissions controls on automobiles, banned CFCs, set emissions limits on various industrial processes, etc.
What makes you think people in the U.S. won't?
You flunked Calculus, didn't you?
So many do that now, a few more won't matter. And worse, many who do it now could just retire and call it a day, but they prefer to keep collecting their usury.
I guess you're morally fine with forcing someone to do an entirely meaningless job, and further throwing good money after bad hiring people to make sure that person faithfully performs useless work all to protect your delicate sensibilities.
Canada shown no signs of falling apart.
I suspect very few will choose to live solely on UBI. Think about it, on UBI you can afford a basic apartment, clothes, an OK car, and decent food. But if you do some work, you can afford a nicer apartment, better food, a nice car, designer clothes and/or a nice vacation.
Under UBI, you will see more artisans and more freelancers. You will still see some 'day jobs', but the bosses/managers will tend to be polite to employees and reasonably accomodating out of necessity.
Even under our current system, it's not that unusual for someone on unemployment or welfare to do some work "off the books" for a little spare cash even when they can't get a proper job that would actually remove the need for their benefit. They might do more and do it openly but they can't afford to lose the benefit unless the work would be steady enough and pay adequately..
Especially at first, there will likely be people who will just sit on the couch and veg. However, like retirees who can't or won't find something better to do upon retirement, they will tend die off fast from natural causes.
No idea, but I would hope so.
That's the point, it CAN as long as the water gets pumped back up between the demand peaks.
Read again. A prediction talking about by 2050 (for example) cannot be said to have proven wrong today since we have years to go.
Believe me, we're trying. It's a bit hard since some of these idiots are so regressive they'd still be claiming it's cold and fake shivering even if you left them in death valley and set their asses on fire.
To be fair, most of those predictions "use by" date are still in the future. You can't really complain that they haven't yet come to pass when they weren't expected to yet.
If the average is constant, you will record fewer new extremes as time goes on. We are recording more extremes suggesting that we have a real problem here.
In other words, you should expect regression to the mean, not divergence.
Except if they don't release enough water into lake Mojave, it will dry up. It does make things clearer though, they have a proper reservoir to pump from.
The most obvious way to see it is to call the flow rate needed downstream as X. So during peak demand, we spill X + Y and generate power. When there is a surplus from renewables, we pump Y back up leaving X for the other uses.
Ideally you build a smaller reservoir below the dam to hold Y until it gets pumped back up.
If the project was late, or there were quality problems, the corporation so established would be penalized for the poor performance,
That's the part that's missing in the U.S. today.
That and dissolution of corporate charter if the corporation fails to operate in the public interest.
They need to spill some water all the time so the people downstream don't end up without water.
Hoover Dam is in Nevada. But note, the water isn't lost when it's pumped back behind the dam, it's only delayed.
Currently, Hoover is operating at 20% capacity. It needs to stay at least at that level for the sake of water management downstream and not overflowing lake Mead. However, that doesn't mean it can't spill more during peak demand (instead of running fossil fuel plants) and pump the excess back when renewables are producing a surplus.
They got the cost right, but it's a cost for capacity not a cost added on to each KWh delivered.
You must be talking about some other incident. Nobody in this incident had a history of 19 arrests.
That odd sensation you feel is probably just the ears and tail growing in. Soon you'll make a loud braying sound. Don't worry, it's just a wild take, it'll all go away in the next scene.
OTOH, a rocket launch, football (either kind) elevated from the end zone, and such make more sense to shoot vertically.
With Youtube no longer forcing the aspect ratio, that will work better.
Youtube isn't doing that. If you upload a 4:3 video, it will be shown uncropped and without pillarbox in a 4:3 player. If you upload a 16:9 video, it will be shown in a 16:9 player.
To be fair, NASA's new suits also got to copy from everything NASA has learned over the years.
Currently, it doesn't predict anything. HOWEVER, once complete (if successful), it will be a cleaner and more natural formalism. It should also be able to unify relativity/gravity with QM. THAT should produce some strong predictions.