If you’re in SF from April 10-16 and into new R&D mechanisms for ambitious science and tech, this is for you: Protocol Labs and Foresight Institute are excited to invite you to a 5-day mini-workshop for LabWeek to (re)-ignite progress in bio, nano, neuro, crypto, AI, and space through…

Heading to speak at TED Talks next week on the American political system and how we can improve it. Yes there is room for improvement. conferences.ted.com/ted2024/speake…

The insect world is disappearing fast and still we are doing nothing to stop it

'Basic income isn't something we need someday. It's long overdue.'
🗨Karl Widerquist

I'm frequently asked to give talks about UBI which I create a deck for, and talk for about 15 to 45 minutes, but I'd like to spend more time on each slide. So in this video I spend a full hour going through everything. Consider it more like a UBI lecture.

youtube.com/watch?v=hqJq9p…

Vegetables are losing nutrients, study shows. It identifies declining nutrient value in staple crops from rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. There are artificial coping strategies, but the time scales are long-term. #ClimateCrisis affects everything.
theguardian.com/environment/20…

Ending poverty and growing the economy sustainably are not separate things. We can do both and speed up Canada's recovery at the same time with #BasicIncome .

A 2020 report by CANCEA shows us how: UBIWorks.ca/groweconomy

#ubiworks #cdnpoli #canpoli

We announced two statewide candidates in Pennsylvania this week! Forward Party of Pennsylvania ⬆️🇺🇸 forwardparty.com/media/2024/03/…

Happy Easter, everyone! Did you know that on Easter Sunday in 2020, the Pope himself expressed his support for Universal Basic Income? His support is grounded in recognizing unpaid care work and empowering all workers with the power to refuse low wages.

JOHN CENA DESTROYS means-testing, ENDORSES unconditional cash transfers in 2024 movie “Ricky Stanicky' 🤯

Thrilled to be giving a TED talk this year on America’s dysfunctional political system - and how change is both vital and possible. conferences.ted.com/ted2024/speake…

Dr. Forget is a professor of economics and community health sciences at the University of Manitoba. She was made a member of the Order of Canada for her long career in advancing anti-poverty initiatives in Canada and around the world. #BasicIncome

See my pinned tweet thread.

BIG NEWS: Out of 61 companies piloting a 4-day workweek, 89% decided to keep going.

- Workers got more done, same pay, happier
- Companies made 38% more revenue

Keynes saw a 15h workweek in our future, enabled by automation. This is a step towards it.

Much attention and effort is focused on the threats and risks to humanity. However, not much seems to be focused on what positive futures could look like and how to get there.
Existential Hope aims to empower coordination toward flourishing futures.

Applications are rolling for our AI Safety Grant, across the three approaches that we fund: Cryptography and Security, Multipolar Scenarios, and Lofi/WBE approaches. More information and to apply today: foresight.org/ai-safety/

Even Dollarama is automating...
RT if you think we need #BasicIncome in 🇨🇦 ASAP!

Technology allows us to do more with less.
Eventually, almost everything with virtually nothing.

UBI ensures technological progress benefits all of humanity.

'The shrinking birthrate in the US could drag down GDP by 1-2 pp each year... Over several decades, that's the equivalent of slashing the US growth rate by 1/3 or wiping out the estimated productivity increases stemming from AI.'

Universal basic income will make AI work for all…

'Universal Basic Income is no more or less inflationary than anything else that raises incomes – its impact would depend on whether the economy is at full employment, whether taxes are raised to pay for the scheme and various other factors.'