Why we shouldn't have to work just to survive | Jonny Ross-Tatam | TEDxUniversityofEdinburgh 

Absolutely we shouldnt have to work just to survive!! We need more time to explore and experience life as it should be experienced! We as human beings deserve that! Bring it on!! Bravo, a great talk!! Thanks for sharing!

When I’m not at work my life is wonderful be it one day per week, the rest of week I feel like I’m dying, so if you could reverse the situation and work one day per week and have 6 days to do what you want life would be more fun.

We shouldnt have to, but we do. The only thing I'm passionate about is not working.

I think the point here is we all should get to experience life a little more than we do now. As of now most of us are working hard and producing goods, services etc. So that whoever we work for can experience life more and more at our expense. A lot of families do not even get vacations, quality family time, opportunity to persue our passions while the higher ups travel around the world 6 months out of year!!!!! Humanity should stage a world wide strike to level the playing field a little more in our favor.

Employers would need to be more competitive in pay and treat the workers like they are valued because they could easily leave and not put up with abuse and under pay for over worked.

Most people work to survive in order that they will not have time to seriously question the system which requires that they work to survive. I am not so sure people are any worse of needing to work to survive. I am sure that people are worse of needing to secure from others, even the ability, to work to survive.

Everything boils down to genetics, if you have the genes to sustain long hours of attention because your brain can produce massive amounts of dopamine that's excellent, you're getting somewhere billy. See.. We view lazy as if it were a choice, you choose not to do something productive there for you are lazy. The neuroanatomy tells a whole different story. Your brain can become sick just like your body can, but what.. What can sickness of the mind really manifest itself into? Depression is a large one, you see depression is not just something you can shake off, it is LITERALLY changing large portions of your brain. The hippocampus is seen to be roughly 50% smaller in patients with depression, Your frontal cortex shrinks. Until you're left with a zombie who wants nothing more then to kill himself. So please, unless you understand why, don't make ignorant assumptions. You'd be exactly the same in that position.

I believe that a solution to our current economic situation (40 hours a week, minimum wage for most people) is a universal basic income. This could replace all welfare systems. The universal basic income gives everyone a basic salary ($12,000/year in the US), and they can work for extra. This would allow people to do so much more.

My passion sadly doesn't pay enough but if I had a UBI of 20K a year, plus working on a side job and my wife working, we'd make enough to actually enjoy life. I would probably make a computer repair business which is my passion.

you work to survive but your surviving just to work If that’s all life is, than we are no different than a robot that’s made to only work.

Very valid points. It’s so true . I loved this talk. I feel it would be inspiring to majority to have a basic income. Motivate them to improve their work fields & lives thus adding to benefit of society as a whole. Let’s face facts-( it’s discouraging to work very hard & merely Pay for basics survival needs- shelter, food , electric , car ins etc Even more discouraging - to work very hard & still not enough to cover shelter, food , gas ⛽️, electric , water 💦 etc Even using credit cards often to cover utilities merrily to survive. It’s become very difficult for single people on one income to make enough to even cover basic living due to inflation, high rent , food & gas ⛽️, utilities etc all going up & employers paying lower wages now. It’s definitely discouraging - not inspiring. I believe some basic income & more regulations in ref to some affordable rent programs- housing would create some space for inspiration to open up options for training, schooling or even inspire some to create small businesses,etc Some may get lazy with a basic income - however majority will continue to work & get extra training, schooling or entrepreneurship ... be motivated & inspired to create better lives. 👏

Now would be a good time to share this video. This would change many lives for the better

I hope to one day be able to live 100% money free life. Work with what you love, and you doN'T have to work a day in your life

People cling to misery as an identity because it gives them a voice and a false sense of validation. Miserable in your job? You must be a hard worker then, so you have every right to shout, lash out and even punch down. They see hardship and stress and some sort of character building strength that everyone should have enforced on them by way of fear - fear of starvation and homelessness. That is a poor motivator. We're living by archaic values regarding work, becasue we've worked to survive for so long it's become an almost religious and infallible habit that is heresy to even consider speaking against. We have to stop calling jobs "work" becasue work is activity and effort - not what you do to get paid. We must also stop measuring success by how much money someone has. Unfortunately there are bitter and cruel people in the world who would rather see everyone else as miserable as them instead of elevating themselves to the happiness of others around them.

Agree with much of what he says. Problem is, is that even to ask yourself, 'What do I want to do today?' Would terrufy some ppl as rhey struggle to self'direct. 'Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom' Soren Kierkegaard

As long as CORPORATE OLIGARCHY exists, this idea remains OVERLOOKED.

I'm curious to know why would anyone give this video a 👎.

"If Steve jobs had to work in a minimum wage job 50 hours 40 hours a week just to pay for his basic necessities he would have never been the founder of Apple. Maybe we would have never heard of iPhones or iPods"

In regards to the title of the video: You shouldn't and wouldn't work just to survive in the case of the intelligent life form where advancement in inheritance, intelligent, technology and human organization existed. If that is the case, it is because we are living in a system that legalized plunder and established a moral code to glorify it. If a system had responsibility for individual's needs who's life is being ruled by it, It would have take correct path to solve the resources/energy depleting environment (ie. One child policy). The path it is taken just delays the Chaos where it will return by wider and higher amplitude in exponential growth of the population.

UN Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; "(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control." US Amendment 9 if US has some huge issue with it. Notice that this gives BOTH the right to standard of living without any requirement, AND security in the event of lack of livelihood beyond his/her control. The law is already in place, it needs to be enforced.

I live on the beach in a tent, surf everyday and get free food so I dont need to work to be happy 👍🏼women and having kids are liabilities in life.

I Love the idea, but caps would have to be put in place, for the prices of all those basic needs; that will immediately begin to soar... then it will all have been for not.

If only us Humans can make this a reality 😢

"if Steve Jobs had to work 40 hours a week to pay for his basic necessities , he wouldn't have been the founder of Apple" !!!! love this body of thought and the package it's coming from (a white boy from a good/stable home) .. b/c when those of us that were at-risk youth want to say something like this , we're told we should've picked ourselves up from our bootstraps when we didn't even have boots!

YES Exactly the sort of thing I've been hoping to hear

great presentation..... I fully agree..... unless we have a guaranteed income we the ones without wealth .... we slaves working to survive

RU-vid The Zeitgeist Movement Moving Forward to see how we can transition from a monetary system to a natural law resource based economy.

Brilliant.

If no one works and pays taxes where does the money come to fund the basic income programs

Think about this. To not die we need food, clothing, and shelter. Because of greed we must pay for these things and then we should be so grateful they tax us on it. Do we need restaraunts and fancy cars and exotic vacations and all these things for entertainment?

while these talks are great and all, it will never happen because the politicians wont let it happen.

What scares the hell out of me is how many people would suddenly say those dreaded words, "I think I'll be a writer."

Sounds good. Makes sense and well said.

I think this is brilliant idea 😎

This came out like about 8 years ago, i still don't see any thing related to this idea, i still don't see any way to survive without working, EVEN in wealthy countries, obviously. 😐🤨🤨😀 What happened to this idea? These experiments? Is this idea, experiment being applied into other places? Is it being successful or not? What are the challenges and how are they being dealt with? 🤔...........🤨....

seems practical

But what if people that can earn basic income everyday choose to retire? What about heavy jobs that no one want to do? What about people who waste their money?

the word work is subject.... 1 guy streaming with 10k viewers thats work, another guy gaming thats just a lazy addict but they could be interchanged.

modern slaves

what if my passion is playing xbox? is everyone else in the community supposed to pay for my upkeep so i can do that?

YES

Missing that huge part in all these examples where working people who did not live in the fantasy had to fund it.

He was my teacher in year 4😢then her left

Work or Volunteer in a Hospital. The elderly patients will tell you to go live your life, right now, even if it means earning less money, or receiving less fame, prestige, etc. Because life is short, and the end is much closer than you think it is. I think if people did volunteer to work with the elderly, they would surely be supporters of life-affirming and culture-affirming policies like a Universal Basic Income.

10:00 they just answered what they know the guy wanted to be the answer.

Dauphin Manitoba is only a few hours from me! "Daufin" as they say.

What do you want to do to live is a privilege and is also met with Resistance because while your doing that you still have to worry about how your going to make money. You can't just focus on your hobby that you want to turn into a way to earn your living. This idea of Money is Enslavement!

It would work when one change the structure on how we make money for a living. There is room for improvement.

A man who does not work has no right to eat, for in nature slothfullness is never rewarded... However work in this world is unfairly proportioned and were not just working for food were working for money meaning you can do 10 hours of hard labour and earn less than someone who sat down on a computer all day, now that's unjustified If we where to be payed the exact same amount for all jobs regardless of importance only then could we be truly happy

how do i get a job in australia

So basically "you can start your dreams if you have money to pay for your living while you work on your dream". Must be nice to be that lucky. Some people don't have the damn luxary. What a waste of my damn time.

Another basic income advocate which does not realise if we were fre to exchange skills and resources with pointing force at each other with the over arching power of gov. We would be better off provided we have to flourish much more as we have the possibilities but not by the use of force these would grant us the right of defense and many more rights (Its an aim not going work without some time).

They should do one of those experiments in my city. Lol.

Yes, lets start by giving a basic income to 1.000.000 Cheneese people who work 12h a day in all sort of factories. So your pair of your favourite jeans wont cost 5€, but 50€. Then back in UK you want think what you would like to do with your time being on basic income. You will probably be making your own pair of trousers, your shows, you can even try to assemble your own smartphone. Or even beter give basic income to people from "banana republics" so that your favourite fruits price can go from 1,5£, to 5£. Lovely.

A big problem ,is no financial skills or financial education in 19 years of schooling. Nope trigonometry is what we are making a priority instead

That’s what parents are for

Finland tried the ubi theory..it didn't work

Great philosophical exercise but if there’s no economic plan involved, it lacks credibility.

Food and shelter robots will take care of those not needed in the working world.

Three hours (daily) work is ok

In Switzerland, the UBI would be "fully funded". By who?

I would become the next Isaac Newton

do plumbers like their job? sure hope so - cause i don't like plumbing. but i'd do it if i had to. many things are not fun - but when they're done they make our lives better.

That's an idiotic premise to promote. Just because you exist does not bestow upon you a right to anybody else's resources.

That's weird because my dad says if he stops working, although retired, he will die sooner. Keep busy and don't stop.

Theres alot of addictive behaviors in america. Spending addiction, sugar addiction, drug addiction, social media addiction... I dont know if it will work just giving out a bunch of money. "It would be like pouring water into a thirsty man's hands" Jordan Peterson.

Spoiled

the key to his analogy that he failed to grasp... is that the wise man built his house. someone else didn't build it for him. he has to work, duh!

Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Not work??? We should all have to work 24/7 to stay alive. But in a more organic and fluid manner I think. I don't think that there are so many jobs that require you to show up at the same place regularly like we do. We're all just mentally ill

"communism for millenials"

Of course a young guy needed to talk about not working🤣😂

Good for you. But the approach to the sums here seems wrong to me: you can't just do away with 'means tested benefits' and the tax free allowance to pay for basic income??? You can't take money away from the poorest to fund it, as you seem to be suggesting here. And the £3,700 per year you say this would raise is nothing. I absolutely think basic income is the way forward but it will cost money. From the richest. A more radical solution is needed. Keep going you youngsters but this money has to come from somewhere, and you have to make them - the rich, the corporations - pay. For you, for your generation. The ordinary kids of your generation and generations to come. It will be a hard fight - against very powerful and rich people. It's about inequality, suffering and morality. I hope you win.

If everyone had a million dollars a cup of coffee would cost half a million dollars. If people pursue a career they love it isn't work it is a passion. If people work to pursue their love it is just a job not a career. Money only has value because it is earned, if you want money without earning it you are a thief, if you want someone to take care of your needs you are a pet.

But somebody had to work for you not to work. The money for you to let you study doesn't come from the sky so yes, we need to work to survive.

NO, being poor doesn't make you eligible for extra benefits.

stupid system

"It's not enough...until every single person, every single one of us...can at least wake up every single morning, and genuinely ask themselves not 'What do I need to do today just to survive?' but 'What do I want to do, to live?'"

Best defense for slavery ever. I shouldn't have to work, but others should produce food for me to eat, electricity for me to use without being paid back. Genius!!!!!!!!

UBI is the obvious answer to HALF of our problem. The money junkies who own the housing, food production, manufacturing means, etc will simply raise the costs of everything to keep us all struggling because I believe they ENJOY keeping us worried and poor. I've thought about why they do also and I honestly believe it's because they envy our compassion, loving and simple pleasures that we enjoy and they cannot feel ANYTHING past greed, fear of losing their material stuff, knowing that everyone only acts like they care so they can get their hands on what you have...etc.

We live in a day and age where there's SO many more people and SO much more technology. Not every person can go start a business or doing something "great" that makes them a lot of money. There's so many people that feel lost and we are leaving them behind. UBI would allow them to feel less pressure and more optimistic about their opportunities. Jobs could be so much more diverse and we have the capability to fund projects that don't make money but instead help make this world better. Not everything is about money. What happened to our right to the pursuit of happiness? Or do they see happiness as the same for everyone...

Life is beautiful but we can’t see it because we have to work everyday for the rest of our lives And everyone is ok with that for some reason I wish they would teach me that as a kid That life is bs that we just work until we die maybe then I would accept that by now…

it is modern slavery ...

100% I agree

A very useful video. Especially for people who don't understand math. Or who had parents that did'nt read them fairy tales as kids. Shallow pandering. Manipulative and misleading.

Would volunteers be enough to man the hospital and tend to all the sick people? Same question with specialidt doctors

Ok..nobody wants to work...right! And who is going to work? And..example..they dont work and.. Consequences: they won't have money but they will not eat because everything is not going to be there no more..etc etc etc I dont think this is a good move at all They're all falling into a hole And I work..have no problem working

Where does it come from? Like.. what if everyone decides just not to work?

Add robots and this would totally work. Slight risk of an AI uprising but meh we're doomed anyway unless we go to space.

the UBI has been spoken about for years now, I sure hope it happens soon.

Very powerful speech!

Did he refer to Jesus teaching as a 'song'???

Totally agree. I get so frustrated as a disabled person who WANTS to contribute to society but cannot meet certain hours of work or physical labor. It's such an all or nothing view. Just because I cannot work 20 - 40 hours a week every week doesn't mean I have nothing to contribute (especially with hyperfocus) and doesn't mean I don't deserve the basic needs of food, water, and shelter. Honestly, I'd love to help make and maintain a community garden. But our world doesn't allow for that, not with police bulldozing them.

I feel that this is a little out of touch with reality. If we have a society where people only do a job if they feel fulfilled doing it, who is going to do the jobs that simply aren’t ‘fulfilling’ we need warehouse workers, toilet cleaners and Tesco cashiers. A better system is one where hard work is incentivised. This kind of philosophy is based on the underlying assumption that personal ‘wellbeing’ should always be top priority and that we are all the centre of our own universe. I believe this is leading to a generation of individuals with limited problem solving ability and limited mental resilience. As an employer I hire so many gen z-ers that simply can’t cope with the demands of a full time job. Being an entrepreneur is extremely hard work. I’m not convinced that a high proportion of todays young people would be able to hack it

Because the Ego (the guardian of individuality) itself possesses the electric momentum of Activity-Creativity and the emotional magnetic impulses of "Bonding-Rejection," whatever is born of the "Ego-drive" by its thoughts, feelings and actions, is charged with physical electromagnetic life which will produce replica life forms and will be eventually materialized within the life of the Ego-creator. These created forms not only manifest eventually as experiences but also disturb the functioning of the physical processes of their creator and are the origin of physical discomforts or viruses or diseases. ​ Therefore, is it a great cause for rejoicing when the soul emerges from its encapsulating human consciousness of the Ego (the guardian of individuality), for the ascending spiritual consciousness will create the harmonious life-giving conditions it holds in consciousness. Conversely, it is a cause for sorrow while the human consciousness is submerged in Ego control, producing upsets, trials and tribulations both in life experiences and the physical condition itself. Therefore, I tell you: if you do not like the world, you have it within your power to change the "conditions of existence," right where you are - if you have the faith and consistent will to do so. I repeat in another form to gain your attention: If you continue in your present level of human functioning and thought, you will only experience your present level of human existence. You will be bound down to working hard for a paltry living, beset by numerous problems, such as poverty, ill-health, addictions, immobilized by prostrating fear and exposed to ill-intentioned attacks of all kinds. You will be burdened by present conditions until you understand how to change them. This is the golden opportunity to take control of your lives as never before, by getting control of your thoughts and emotions - the electrical and magnetic impulses - the blueprints of your future experiences. For - you are like potters possessing clay and daily shaping pots and utensils for your use. CONSCIOUSNESS is the clay - the substance with which you make your life - and every condition pertaining to it. You, alone, shape your life into the forms you experience. By your thoughts, you can change your personal future - if you will but accept the Christ Letters, A Course In Miracles and A Course Of Love. You can affect your environment, your homes, families, work, the people you associate with, and even plants, animals and climate. Whatever you hold steadfastly in mind externalizes.

it is more hard to do nothing that work ....

DAYDREAMER

Think about job circulation added to that basic income :)

I would definitely quit if I woke up in Switzerland with that salary. At least if I had a house completely paid off.

A room full of people who wouldn't quit their jobs...?

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