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		Sam Altman's basic-income study is out. Here's what it found (businessinsider.com)
		64 points by mdorazio on July 22, 2024 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

dang on July 22, 2024 | [–]

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JSDevOps on July 22, 2024 | [–]

So they did this study. No idea how or when but ok. The study found out that when you give people free money they spend more. These things are great in isolation running in parallel with the current system but they just don’t scale.

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