Elizabeth Anderson Lecture: The Work Ethic: Its Origins, Legacy and Future 

It's good to know that our American forefathers were not blinded by greed and exploitation of their fellow Americans. Also, that explanation of artists' work in the Q&A!

read her book private government, good stuff.

I enjoyed Anderson's talk. Very concise, illuminating and realistic. Taking into account the recent plunge in stock prices among the big tech companies, I believe Prof. Anderson has been vindicated that this wild speculation of technological utopia is based on wild exagerration. It's a pity most of these questions were so pessimistic and lacking transformative vision.

Richard Baxter's Puritan compact has been degraded in our modern corporate culture hellbent on profit over all else. How we can find our way back to the higher ethical standard of that time? Do we appeal to consciences never trained or cultivated to observe the compact or do we put government into the position of enforcing a compact founded originally upon Christian faith and values?

What number is Equal Rights Amendment? Not ratified. The Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress on March 22, 1972 and sent to the states for ratification. In order to be added to the Constitution, it needed approval by legislatures in three-fourths (38) of the 50 states.

I don’t like the view that a UBI is just giving away a lot of free stuff. It can simply be credits that have been earned collectively for the greater benefit of a society. It can increase people’s freedom to pursue meaningful work. It can reduce the bureaucracy of a “more focused welfare state”. It can increase women’s freedom to escape harmful environments (not because they’re women, but because the system currently oppresses abused women disproportionately). It can open opportunities to work and get an education. It can reduce crime.

If there is a god, doubtful the intent of 'the creation' is the 40 hour plus week. Nor the rich & entitled standing on and breaking our backs.

So if I decide to become a mother of 8 should I get paid? and if so why or why not?

The ERA is therefore not yet a part of the U.S. Constitution. In accordance with the traditional ratification process outlined in Article V of the Constitution, the Equal Rights Amendment has been reintroduced in every session of Congress since 1982.

Are these comments my job? With a global population growth hovering around 1% per year, 'projected' to continue to decline, the labour supply is increasing in proportion. Furthermore, advancements in AI means a displacement of workers from manufacturing, transport, and even these comments within a few decades. This is all a displacement from necessary and manufactured labour further increasing supply. Leading to an idle lifestyle which will create higher energy demands. Yet most will not be employed to demand it. The planet has a finite area it cannot sustain unlimited growth. We are currently using about 60% of the arable land on the planet. Don't trust my figures they aren't very accurate, but the land use is more than half. We are starting to see the return of the 'gladiators' or coliseum sports. As we move to an idle lifestyle we will start to demand evermore entertainment. Welcome to the Hunger Games it's a Brave New World. There is no migration off of the planet. There are plenty of resources around the solar system. Inflation can restart in those niche environments that are floating out there. There is not a sufficient supply of energy to transport a massive number of the globes' population to those environments.