Universal Income, Universal Purpose: Who Would You Be If Money Didn’t Matter?
What would happen if survival stopped being the centre of human life? Recently, Elon Musk floated the idea of a future in which artificial intelligence creates such abundance that people may no longer need to work to survive. Instead of a universal basic income, he suggested the possibility of a “universal high income”, a world where AI-generated productivity could theoretically provide enough wealth for everyone. A world where, theoretically, your time is entirely your own. Predictably, the internet exploded into debates about economics, inflation, politics, and feasibility. But underneath all of those conversations sits a far more personal and uncomfortable question: If money stopped dictating your choices… who would you become? If you didn't have to work for money and if survival was simply taken care of, what would you actually do with your life? Most people do not have an immediate answer to those questions. And that silence says more about modern life than we may realise. Tha...