Troy Ngram
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Ada Palmer:
What should we do with current public funding in order to create a more perfect society?
Ada Palmer
Increase it. Period.
If you want specifics, invest especially in education, community-building, and social support structures, all the things that keep people supported & contributing instead of exhausted & worn out. All our experiments show UBI & real health coverage make EVERYTHING grow, stimulating creation & innovation, letting people take the risk of starting a business w/o gambling that they'll spend the rest of their lives crushed if it fails. For more on this, and the question of the cognitive tax of poverty, see my episode on the Singularity Podcast https://youtu.be/-wPiH7vvpUI
If you want specifics, invest especially in education, community-building, and social support structures, all the things that keep people supported & contributing instead of exhausted & worn out. All our experiments show UBI & real health coverage make EVERYTHING grow, stimulating creation & innovation, letting people take the risk of starting a business w/o gambling that they'll spend the rest of their lives crushed if it fails. For more on this, and the question of the cognitive tax of poverty, see my episode on the Singularity Podcast https://youtu.be/-wPiH7vvpUI
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Smiling_Jack
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Ada Palmer:
Sorry for the unconventional question. Considering the rich historical and philosophical background that comprises the foundation for Terra Ignota, I was wondering if you could compile a reading list regarding these interesting historical periods, movements, individuals and ideas, but NOT of primary texts, but rather secondary works that a person without any scholarly/academic ambitions can get into? Thank you.
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